It's been a year since I made an entry here. And a lot has happened since then, though one of the things I keep hoping the wife and I can put together--some travel--continues to be elusive. I did go to San Francisco and hang out with my two brothers out there for a week. That was pretty great, even without going to the many civic offerings of that great city. So that was one trip.
And we did have a good year for Poetry on the Road, our poetry project from the South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS), visiting 21 towns across South Dakota to read and host open mic events. And we're doing it again. We did spend a couple of days this spring at Oakwood Lakes State Park.
One constant is the vast array of projects that continue to occupy my time. I just rented a 62 foot crane and cleaned the wood stove chimney and installed a new cap, earlier renting another crane and replacing the shingles that have blown off in our wicked wind storms. I bought and sold a pickup. Almost bought another house. Bought an old Beetle convertible, perhaps a mistake. I'm working on a mosaic piece. I remodeled the upstairs bathroom and leveled the floor. We stripped the wallpaper off the upstairs hallway, and that remains an unfinished project. Last summer I completed the restoration of the front porch. We planted a nice garden again and have enjoyed its harvest of cucumbers, peppers, and especially tomatoes.
After I finish here with the old blog, I'm going to pay bills, take out the garbage, mow, pay for repairs on the van, and maybe exercise. But I also need to deal with an accident on Saturday, when a woman driving an SUV backed into the side of my lovely BMW convertible. I've got to go to the police station, get the report, contact a body shop, and maybe drive the car there to have an estimate done. I'm hoping they will repair it, not total it out. We'll see what happens, so stay tuned.
