"When my father died, we put him in the ground.

When my father died,

it was like a whole library burned down"
"World without end" by Laurie Anderson

10 Things I learned from my dad:

1. What funny is

2. How to listen (especially to children)

3. How to make things from other things

4. What respect is and how one earns it

5. To make a good sunny side up egg

6. How to be quiet while fishing

7. To be responsible

8. How to play Euchre

9. To laugh whenever possible

10. To love my life

Summer in Maine, July 4 and 5, 2009.

The first two sunny and warm days in over a month. The perfect weekend.

Freedom for the heart:

Smoking the meat

The Parade

The walk

The Pier (no Picture)

The works

The boat ride.

Bless America, land that we love.