4/27/22
4/25/22
4/24/22
The Sixth Decade. 2017
I truly love living 'by my wits' and making my income from what I make & what I find. Business is so amazing that people contact me for custom work. I've been self-employed for 27 years and don't plan on retiring.
4/22/22
4/21/22
Waiting on the Tooth Fairy
Belle slid down the icy steps last year and broke a tooth. I had asked the numbskull Vet at the Humane Society to look at her tooth. This same Vet missed Belle's skin cancer. A few days later Vet #2, who was doing the cancer surgery noticed her tooth and removed it. The 3rd Vet there bilked us for 7 months.
4/20/22
Gentrification on our Block
When I first landed on this block in 1995, 95% of my neighbors were black. All of these buildings were Section 8. During the last 1-5 years they've all been sold and rehabbed. 95% of my neighbors are now white. Some pay 1,400.00 in rent.
Many have Black Lives Matter signs in their yards or windows. Black lives can't afford to reside here anymore. Only three homes on my block are owned by black families.
The house with the Pride flag sold for 525K last year. The woman hwo bought it told me, I just raised your property value!
Ah, I replied, property value, the mantra of the yuppie!
There isn't any Section 8 now on my block. Two remodeled four families rent for 1,400 to 1,600.
Many have Black Lives Matter signs in their yards or windows. Black lives can't afford to reside here anymore. Only three homes on my block are owned by black families.
The house with the Pride flag sold for 525K last year. The woman hwo bought it told me, I just raised your property value!
Ah, I replied, property value, the mantra of the yuppie!
There isn't any Section 8 now on my block. Two remodeled four families rent for 1,400 to 1,600.
A new white neighbor renting an apartment across the street told me she wanted to move to TGS because "There's people like me here" as she placed her Black Lives Matter sign on the lawn.
4/15/22
World class Pet photographer, Ken Mostek.
Enhanced my photo of Golden Belle. We met when he and his partner, Glenda, stayed at our AirBnB.
The first photo is mine, the following are Ken's.
The first photo is mine, the following are Ken's.
4/14/22
Ah
The second floor with its built-ins.
Turning into extended studio space. Demanding buyers are asking for more work.
Don't need to work or rent but making the stuff is so much fun.
Turning into extended studio space. Demanding buyers are asking for more work.
Don't need to work or rent but making the stuff is so much fun.
4/13/22
Obtuse
Pist: Obtuse?
Me: Scalene triangle?
Pist: Let's do the front.
Me: Let's go home but say we did.
Me: Scalene triangle?
Pist: Let's do the front.
Me: Let's go home but say we did.
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