Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Austin,
I seem to be getting too calm. I’m so relaxed at times I can fall asleep.
That’s my problem. I still restrict my coffee to only a small cup if I’m out. I don’t drink coffee in the morning, and if I do have it it is the afternoon to kinda wake up.
“Maggie” has an upset stomach. I have the chance to make “Mel’s Mix” today.
Life without coffee is a bit too relaxed. Day’s without coffee generally are lazy days. I’m having a coffee now so I can get some work done.
Earlier I bought almost $40.00 worth of stuff with the quarterly money I get from my health plan. Loaded up on Magnesium, which is a good mineral for anxious people according to our Gerontologist PCP.
Maggie is so fussy that she loves this Scotts toilet paper that is pleated like paper towels. They don’t always have it in stock so I bought the only two packs that were on the shelves. I used a mess of coupons and saved about $30.00. Part of that was almost $8.00 off my next purchase as “Rewards.” The luxury toilet paper was even on sale. Lucky me.
I have a $20K price in my head as far as the 1966 C-10 if I just make it road worthy. Pretty much it would be doubling my money, but otherwise I would just keep it. I figure it is a luxury item that I could live without, but I kinda like it for many-many reasons. The cash flow would be timely, but the truck could have a very useful future…
Oh-well…
Cal
I seem to be getting too calm. I’m so relaxed at times I can fall asleep.
That’s my problem. I still restrict my coffee to only a small cup if I’m out. I don’t drink coffee in the morning, and if I do have it it is the afternoon to kinda wake up.
“Maggie” has an upset stomach. I have the chance to make “Mel’s Mix” today.
Life without coffee is a bit too relaxed. Day’s without coffee generally are lazy days. I’m having a coffee now so I can get some work done.
Earlier I bought almost $40.00 worth of stuff with the quarterly money I get from my health plan. Loaded up on Magnesium, which is a good mineral for anxious people according to our Gerontologist PCP.
Maggie is so fussy that she loves this Scotts toilet paper that is pleated like paper towels. They don’t always have it in stock so I bought the only two packs that were on the shelves. I used a mess of coupons and saved about $30.00. Part of that was almost $8.00 off my next purchase as “Rewards.” The luxury toilet paper was even on sale. Lucky me.
I have a $20K price in my head as far as the 1966 C-10 if I just make it road worthy. Pretty much it would be doubling my money, but otherwise I would just keep it. I figure it is a luxury item that I could live without, but I kinda like it for many-many reasons. The cash flow would be timely, but the truck could have a very useful future…
Oh-well…
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Mixing up 36 cubic feet of Mel’s Mix was pretty easy. The peat moss and Vermiculite weigh little.
Mel’s Mix kinda simulates potting soil, very light and does not compact. I can see it holding lots of moisture so in a way it is a step towards hydroponics. In fact the Vermiculite can be used as a bedding to grow things hydroponically.
In effect a square foot garden is just a form of container gardening.
Cal
Mel’s Mix kinda simulates potting soil, very light and does not compact. I can see it holding lots of moisture so in a way it is a step towards hydroponics. In fact the Vermiculite can be used as a bedding to grow things hydroponically.
In effect a square foot garden is just a form of container gardening.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I set up HOG last night with a set of low tension strings. Of course the guitar is less boomy, but it still displays a lot of warmth and bass. Used two piano turns on the wound strings to dial in the treble/highs to match the two unwound strings.
Did not have to adjust the truss rod so far, and the action and playability is like an electric guitar. The lower tension allows a really easy and smooth vibrato making this guitar really great for playing blues.
The tapered bracing favors a flat tonal response and depends on the body size and depth for a good bass response, unlike scalloped bracing that has a boom to the bass, but a scoop in the mids. I favor the midrange voice and warmth that the HOG provides.
In a ways there is a “Calzone-Factor” because what is popular among some acoustic blues players is the playing of small guitars with scalloped bracing for the treble and bass voicing.
I’ll see today if the truss rod needs adjustment. Neck does well with a perfectly straight neck.
Nice to have a dedicated blues guitar.
This one is exceptional.
Cal
Did not have to adjust the truss rod so far, and the action and playability is like an electric guitar. The lower tension allows a really easy and smooth vibrato making this guitar really great for playing blues.
The tapered bracing favors a flat tonal response and depends on the body size and depth for a good bass response, unlike scalloped bracing that has a boom to the bass, but a scoop in the mids. I favor the midrange voice and warmth that the HOG provides.
In a ways there is a “Calzone-Factor” because what is popular among some acoustic blues players is the playing of small guitars with scalloped bracing for the treble and bass voicing.
I’ll see today if the truss rod needs adjustment. Neck does well with a perfectly straight neck.
Nice to have a dedicated blues guitar.
This one is exceptional.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
One of the unintended consequences of going green and organic on our property is that the animals and insects prefer our property over our neighbor’s.
I get buzzed by bumble bees and our yard is noisy with birds. Along with the bumble bees, come the wasps and yellow jackets, ants, chipmunks, deer and other critters.
Our next door neighbor is OCD about his lawn. He fertilizes and weed kills to manicure his lawn.
My weed killing is pulling the yellow flowers of dandelions. No flowers equals no seeds. Because I’m lazy I don’t rake the grass clippings effectively mulching my lawn, and to be honest my lawn looks as good as my neighbor’s, the monster.
I recently bought a Milwaukee M18 battery powered lawn mower, that is rated best in its class. On my first cut I used the 1 inch settings and pretty much made my lawn like a golf course green. This mower really does a superb job.
My use of Milwaukee tools has not gone unnoticed, at least by my invasive neighbors who surveil our lives a bit too close for comfort. They hang a Don’t Tread On Me flag, but I guess they don’t walk the talk.
I’m the kinda guy who is live and let live. I guess part of me is very liberal in that way. I am not anti-gun, and I strongly believe in the right to bear arms in our constitution, but I’m not a gun nut. Our neighbor’s are and are very outspoken about gun rights. Then there is a point where their gun rights are in your face all the time, and this too I find invasive.
There was a comment about my not wearing a shirt when I’m working in the yard sweating. I am not a beach whale, so why make any snarky comment that I take as personal insult.
So here is the smut: on our avenue of 13 houses lives a neighbor that is a PhD scientist who not only is an outspoken environmentalist who is mucho active in our community, but she is on the side of the extreme left.
Of course these neighbors hate reach other over their politics. I hear the all the complaints of when the city building department complaints that go back and forth.
So basically a full blown feud is ongoing that everyone knows about.
Evidently things I do annoy my next door neighbor. BTW no complaint/complaints were ever made against us, and you got to know that my hill-billy ways do nopt follow the rules.
Cal
I get buzzed by bumble bees and our yard is noisy with birds. Along with the bumble bees, come the wasps and yellow jackets, ants, chipmunks, deer and other critters.
Our next door neighbor is OCD about his lawn. He fertilizes and weed kills to manicure his lawn.
My weed killing is pulling the yellow flowers of dandelions. No flowers equals no seeds. Because I’m lazy I don’t rake the grass clippings effectively mulching my lawn, and to be honest my lawn looks as good as my neighbor’s, the monster.
I recently bought a Milwaukee M18 battery powered lawn mower, that is rated best in its class. On my first cut I used the 1 inch settings and pretty much made my lawn like a golf course green. This mower really does a superb job.
My use of Milwaukee tools has not gone unnoticed, at least by my invasive neighbors who surveil our lives a bit too close for comfort. They hang a Don’t Tread On Me flag, but I guess they don’t walk the talk.
I’m the kinda guy who is live and let live. I guess part of me is very liberal in that way. I am not anti-gun, and I strongly believe in the right to bear arms in our constitution, but I’m not a gun nut. Our neighbor’s are and are very outspoken about gun rights. Then there is a point where their gun rights are in your face all the time, and this too I find invasive.
There was a comment about my not wearing a shirt when I’m working in the yard sweating. I am not a beach whale, so why make any snarky comment that I take as personal insult.
So here is the smut: on our avenue of 13 houses lives a neighbor that is a PhD scientist who not only is an outspoken environmentalist who is mucho active in our community, but she is on the side of the extreme left.
Of course these neighbors hate reach other over their politics. I hear the all the complaints of when the city building department complaints that go back and forth.
So basically a full blown feud is ongoing that everyone knows about.
Evidently things I do annoy my next door neighbor. BTW no complaint/complaints were ever made against us, and you got to know that my hill-billy ways do nopt follow the rules.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I had time to tweak this carved top hollow bodied Tele. Another great guitar that weighs very little and is mucho lively. It has some Gibson resemblance and flavor, and is a lot like a Gibson ES-335, but with Tele single coil pickups.
Perhaps an odd guitar that shouts custom guitar because its look is not of a factory produced guitar.
Plays like butter even with a heavy set of 12’s strung up. Features 3-on-a-side tuners, but on a top bound Tele body that has a carved top like the semi-hollow ES-335.
I think I need a coffee to wake up.
Cal
Perhaps an odd guitar that shouts custom guitar because its look is not of a factory produced guitar.
Plays like butter even with a heavy set of 12’s strung up. Features 3-on-a-side tuners, but on a top bound Tele body that has a carved top like the semi-hollow ES-335.
I think I need a coffee to wake up.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Today is turning out to be a bit of a guitar day. Having a lot of pleasure going through my gear and playing each guitar. Some I am tweaking and doing changes to the setups.
Today is a cloudy drizzly day, and I need/require coffee to keep me awake.
I am mucho glad I retired early. I realize that I’m kinda tired and shot from decades of nonsense that was my life.
In reflexion I feel a bit sad about my intrusive neighbors. They are younger than us, but already have some serious health issues. Then again they are kind in their ways and generous to us. The sad part is that something is deficient in their own lives that they somehow are over invested in spying on us.
We may be a bit colorful or different, but we are not really so interesting to garner such investigations. I kinda remain aloof because I don’t need or require an understanding. I’m a complicated person anyways, and my individuality and original thinking need not get projected upon others, especially from people that I think are prone to be judgemental.
I fear I would be subjected to criticism because my thinking likely would not align with theirs. Also in a one sided way ideas really would not be shared, but be debated. I often find myself not responding, because what is the point of arguing?
I come from a space where there are three sides to any story, not just two. IMHO some people are just rigid thinkers.
I don’t object to the right to bear arms. In fact I believe in it, but when it is in my face too much I object. Some people are stuck in their agendas and then try to force the agenda on others. If they knew and understood where I stand then perhaps they could tone it down.
I explained once, but evidently they did not listen. Gun rights is only one thing that is self righteous: there are other points.
I guess I object to intolerance. Kinda funny how they are traveling and vacationing into the “Blue-States” in search of a location to retire. Pretty much they say they can’t stand the politics her in New York, but at least here politics are less intrusive and live and let live and be and let be is the attitude. New York and California are strongholds for individuality, freedom, and tolerance.
I find it amusing that in reality the local politics of the state really has little impact on their lives. I can’t say that of some other states.
“Just trying to mind my own business,” I say, but it is pretty hard around intrusive people.
Cal
Today is a cloudy drizzly day, and I need/require coffee to keep me awake.
I am mucho glad I retired early. I realize that I’m kinda tired and shot from decades of nonsense that was my life.
In reflexion I feel a bit sad about my intrusive neighbors. They are younger than us, but already have some serious health issues. Then again they are kind in their ways and generous to us. The sad part is that something is deficient in their own lives that they somehow are over invested in spying on us.
We may be a bit colorful or different, but we are not really so interesting to garner such investigations. I kinda remain aloof because I don’t need or require an understanding. I’m a complicated person anyways, and my individuality and original thinking need not get projected upon others, especially from people that I think are prone to be judgemental.
I fear I would be subjected to criticism because my thinking likely would not align with theirs. Also in a one sided way ideas really would not be shared, but be debated. I often find myself not responding, because what is the point of arguing?
I come from a space where there are three sides to any story, not just two. IMHO some people are just rigid thinkers.
I don’t object to the right to bear arms. In fact I believe in it, but when it is in my face too much I object. Some people are stuck in their agendas and then try to force the agenda on others. If they knew and understood where I stand then perhaps they could tone it down.
I explained once, but evidently they did not listen. Gun rights is only one thing that is self righteous: there are other points.
I guess I object to intolerance. Kinda funny how they are traveling and vacationing into the “Blue-States” in search of a location to retire. Pretty much they say they can’t stand the politics her in New York, but at least here politics are less intrusive and live and let live and be and let be is the attitude. New York and California are strongholds for individuality, freedom, and tolerance.
I find it amusing that in reality the local politics of the state really has little impact on their lives. I can’t say that of some other states.
“Just trying to mind my own business,” I say, but it is pretty hard around intrusive people.
Cal
Last edited:
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
It takes 9 calories to burn a gram of fat. If you do all the math if I do an hour of running, biking or rowing it burns about 500 calories an hour, and to burn off 5 pounds of fat it would take about 41 hours of work via just exercise without a diet.
Pretty much an hour a day is not a lot, but it is actually hard to do.
Things like the weather, other obligations, illness, doctor’s appointments, family events, and timely things that have to get done around the house. Pretty much fitness has to be a very high priority to get done, yet life happens.
It is possible I could loose the 5 pounds I want to regain my beach body in about a month by cutting some carbs, but I need to start doing some aerobic exercise of at least an hour in duration every day, and the best way to get this accomplished is get up and do it as the first thing in my day, even before eating.
Joining the gym perhaps tomorrow could speed things up, and I could always do something like rowing for an hour and then hit the gym. Pretty much this would be making finess a lifestyle which in my book and plan is required.
Cal
Pretty much an hour a day is not a lot, but it is actually hard to do.
Things like the weather, other obligations, illness, doctor’s appointments, family events, and timely things that have to get done around the house. Pretty much fitness has to be a very high priority to get done, yet life happens.
It is possible I could loose the 5 pounds I want to regain my beach body in about a month by cutting some carbs, but I need to start doing some aerobic exercise of at least an hour in duration every day, and the best way to get this accomplished is get up and do it as the first thing in my day, even before eating.
Joining the gym perhaps tomorrow could speed things up, and I could always do something like rowing for an hour and then hit the gym. Pretty much this would be making finess a lifestyle which in my book and plan is required.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
A day in the city for me to handle my business. Basically will kill the day, but oh-well. Kinda important to get done before June.
In another quarter I will be 66 years 8 months old. My full retirement age. If I wait to collect at age 70 I get about 10K more in annual benefits a year. Because longevity is on my side for me waiting till 70 makes the most sense.
Pretty much I have time to collect at my full retirement age if say after the election the situation unravels for Social Security where I can lock in my benefits.
My two pensions is like having 1 1/2 million dollars in a bond fund and collecting and living on just the interest. At age 70 my income will be high. Right now I’m living partially on my hospital pension that I was forced to collect once I hit 65 and no longer was employed by the hospital. The rest is savings that I have to pay taxes on. It gets ugly paying taxes, but paying now while my income is low is better than when I’m 70.
Pretty much at age 70 I will have more money than I need, and my expenses will be down. We plan on saving and hoarding money and continue to live below our means.
Cal
In another quarter I will be 66 years 8 months old. My full retirement age. If I wait to collect at age 70 I get about 10K more in annual benefits a year. Because longevity is on my side for me waiting till 70 makes the most sense.
Pretty much I have time to collect at my full retirement age if say after the election the situation unravels for Social Security where I can lock in my benefits.
My two pensions is like having 1 1/2 million dollars in a bond fund and collecting and living on just the interest. At age 70 my income will be high. Right now I’m living partially on my hospital pension that I was forced to collect once I hit 65 and no longer was employed by the hospital. The rest is savings that I have to pay taxes on. It gets ugly paying taxes, but paying now while my income is low is better than when I’m 70.
Pretty much at age 70 I will have more money than I need, and my expenses will be down. We plan on saving and hoarding money and continue to live below our means.
Cal
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
Cal, I have friends who are in the processing of uprooting their lives and moving to a blue state (Idaho) because the politics are too “liberal” here in New Mexico. They have a custom-built Victorian-style mansion that was their dream home, but they’re leaving that all behind. And they’re retired, so not the best move financially. The political divide in this country is evil; and not just that, but is influencing these people into what amounts to financial suicide, all because of what some talking heads on radio and TV say.
Henry
Well-known
This is wild to me, as someone who lives very close to NM (Hobbs is the closest Applebees to me, for reference). Perhaps it's the oil-field vibes but every time i go to NM i get the feeling that it's actually rather conservative. The state "politics" might not be, but the reality on the ground seems radically different.
Ignoring that places like SantaFe feel more conservative to me than parts of West Texas, at least in terms of how the "elite" parts of the city react to visitors.
I grew up in Albuquerque in the late 80's early 90's and never thought of that city as being particularly liberal, I suppose. So maybe it's my bias showing.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
When I was in New Mexico many people dying of AIDS before there was any treatments moved to Santa Fe. It was a peaceful place to die.
Also at the same time there was a big huge influx of people from California. Perhaps a change politically because of this migration?
I suspect that New Mexico has evolved and changed over the decades.
Even back in the 80’s there was conspiracy about Mormons Running the lab in Los Alamos.
BTW I love my next door neighbors. They are so kind and loving to us, but their level of interest in us is too much.
Peekskill is largely Democratic, but our small tiny neighborhood we were told by a man who held a seat in the Peekskill government that our hood is a Republican stronghold.
I don’t think there is a perfect place, but then again I’m a happy guy.
Our neighbors say they would be heartbroken if we moved to the Carolinas. Currently “Maggie” is suffering about them moving away. Pretty much a contract will be signed shortly.
I think Maggie and I are where we want to be. We would like to die in our Baby-Victorian, anyways that is our plan, but you never know.
Cal
Also at the same time there was a big huge influx of people from California. Perhaps a change politically because of this migration?
I suspect that New Mexico has evolved and changed over the decades.
Even back in the 80’s there was conspiracy about Mormons Running the lab in Los Alamos.
BTW I love my next door neighbors. They are so kind and loving to us, but their level of interest in us is too much.
Peekskill is largely Democratic, but our small tiny neighborhood we were told by a man who held a seat in the Peekskill government that our hood is a Republican stronghold.
I don’t think there is a perfect place, but then again I’m a happy guy.
Our neighbors say they would be heartbroken if we moved to the Carolinas. Currently “Maggie” is suffering about them moving away. Pretty much a contract will be signed shortly.
I think Maggie and I are where we want to be. We would like to die in our Baby-Victorian, anyways that is our plan, but you never know.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Yesterday’s venture into NYC involved over 9 miles of walking. These 9-miles were the walk to the Peekskill train station to avoid paying a crazy annual parking fee over $500.00, and walking from Grand Central to the Upper East Side. I did this 5 days a week when I did my commute. The walking I did from Grand Central saved me a $2.35 Metro Card fare each way.
This was not strenuous, but was long enough to do a lot of good. I avoid the subways now as much as possible. Not the safest place. I carried a book and my paperwork in my motorcycle backpack that is streamlined and small to have my hands free just in case I have to protect myself from an aggressive biker.
My old hospital where I worked has tightened security and pretty much felt locked down. I use to know all the security guards, but now it seems like an entire new crew. Also lots of new hires. Pretty much not the same hospital I left behind. It made me glad that I did not work there anymore. I suspect a high turnover rate.
I guess I found it disturbing how much the city had changed, and also how much the hospital seemed to loose its culture.
The streets are less crowded and busy, and I was able to avoid the usual sidewalk congestion that is a nuisance. Perhaps this was the only good thing I found in the city I once loved.
For me the city is not the same and lost its charm. There was a time when living anywhere else seemed like a death sentence, but now I don’t miss it at all.
A sunny day and an expected high of 80. I likely can get some work done today.
“Maggie” has been great condensing our living by getting rid of things. She is a big source of clutter and mess. I have a lot of stuff, but it is contained and not spread all over the house. She is basically now organizing her life and culling through stuff that should of been thrown out years ago that has accumulated.
We likely will do a bit of snow birding this winter to visit the kids. Pretty much I can avoid the winter weight gain and maintain my fitness by running, walking, and doing pushups and chin-ups. Running with heavy hands slows down the impact on the joints and ensures a good cardio workout due to the extra burden on the upper body. I also feel the swinging of my arms helps improve balance.
I can bring my dumbbells and my kettlebell to get ripped.
Last December in the Carolinas around Christmas there could be frost in the morning, but a high of 80. Walking a beach in December was so refreshing.
Tonight is a First Tuesday “Salon” where an artist will be featured. Pretty much it is a monthly meet-up of artists at the Bean Runner Cafe which back in the day was a blacksmith’s shop. The featured artist is a politically active lesbian artist that fled Arkansas for reasons of safety. She is kinda politically charged, so I don’t know if she fled for political or because of the sexual oppression.
Pretty much she came just before the pandemic. BTW what I know of her work it is powerful, and I can see her getting death threats because of her activism. Really powerful images. Looking forward to going tonight.
I think Maggie has a physical therapy appointment today. I am also keen on seeing about joining my gym.
Cal
This was not strenuous, but was long enough to do a lot of good. I avoid the subways now as much as possible. Not the safest place. I carried a book and my paperwork in my motorcycle backpack that is streamlined and small to have my hands free just in case I have to protect myself from an aggressive biker.
My old hospital where I worked has tightened security and pretty much felt locked down. I use to know all the security guards, but now it seems like an entire new crew. Also lots of new hires. Pretty much not the same hospital I left behind. It made me glad that I did not work there anymore. I suspect a high turnover rate.
I guess I found it disturbing how much the city had changed, and also how much the hospital seemed to loose its culture.
The streets are less crowded and busy, and I was able to avoid the usual sidewalk congestion that is a nuisance. Perhaps this was the only good thing I found in the city I once loved.
For me the city is not the same and lost its charm. There was a time when living anywhere else seemed like a death sentence, but now I don’t miss it at all.
A sunny day and an expected high of 80. I likely can get some work done today.
“Maggie” has been great condensing our living by getting rid of things. She is a big source of clutter and mess. I have a lot of stuff, but it is contained and not spread all over the house. She is basically now organizing her life and culling through stuff that should of been thrown out years ago that has accumulated.
We likely will do a bit of snow birding this winter to visit the kids. Pretty much I can avoid the winter weight gain and maintain my fitness by running, walking, and doing pushups and chin-ups. Running with heavy hands slows down the impact on the joints and ensures a good cardio workout due to the extra burden on the upper body. I also feel the swinging of my arms helps improve balance.
I can bring my dumbbells and my kettlebell to get ripped.
Last December in the Carolinas around Christmas there could be frost in the morning, but a high of 80. Walking a beach in December was so refreshing.
Tonight is a First Tuesday “Salon” where an artist will be featured. Pretty much it is a monthly meet-up of artists at the Bean Runner Cafe which back in the day was a blacksmith’s shop. The featured artist is a politically active lesbian artist that fled Arkansas for reasons of safety. She is kinda politically charged, so I don’t know if she fled for political or because of the sexual oppression.
Pretty much she came just before the pandemic. BTW what I know of her work it is powerful, and I can see her getting death threats because of her activism. Really powerful images. Looking forward to going tonight.
I think Maggie has a physical therapy appointment today. I am also keen on seeing about joining my gym.
Cal
Last edited:
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
I’m reading a book called “Goodbye To All That” which is a collection of essays about loving and leaving New York.
The premise of the book and the title is riffing off a classic essay written by Joan Didion.
Our new friend Sari who we met at the Woodstock Book Festival was the Editor of the book. First printed in 2013, it was revised and reprinted in 2021. Now pretty much a classic.
Anyways an interesting read. This is a book that I read when waiting for “Maggie” to finish her physical therapy.
Of course NYC is a unique place, and since the pandemic it certainly has changed and evolved. Perhaps devolved is a better word. Anyways I don’t miss it, and pretty much for me it was a bit of a trap that did not let me move forward. Just the struggle of living there kinda consumed me and my time.
Really did not have time to relax or do my self exploration that I’m performing now. I’m not only more relaxed and happier, but I’m also getting more done, and there are many more possibilities.
Leaving NYC made me unstuck. I’m not involved with living in a frenzy anymore.
Cal
The premise of the book and the title is riffing off a classic essay written by Joan Didion.
Our new friend Sari who we met at the Woodstock Book Festival was the Editor of the book. First printed in 2013, it was revised and reprinted in 2021. Now pretty much a classic.
Anyways an interesting read. This is a book that I read when waiting for “Maggie” to finish her physical therapy.
Of course NYC is a unique place, and since the pandemic it certainly has changed and evolved. Perhaps devolved is a better word. Anyways I don’t miss it, and pretty much for me it was a bit of a trap that did not let me move forward. Just the struggle of living there kinda consumed me and my time.
Really did not have time to relax or do my self exploration that I’m performing now. I’m not only more relaxed and happier, but I’m also getting more done, and there are many more possibilities.
Leaving NYC made me unstuck. I’m not involved with living in a frenzy anymore.
Cal
Last edited:
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
A garden now is planted.
Eggplant, Zucchini, yellow squash, scallions, carrots, radishes, cherry tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, 4 different lettuces, plus arugula.
Later in the week we will get some pea and string bean seedlings from a friend.
Although I no longer have my digital studio in Madhattan where I went vertical, here in Peekskill I have to build some trellises for the plants to climb on.
I have three of my two by two squares set right next to each other on the north side of the garden. This is where I will have to make a major trellis for the eggplant, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, and yellow squash. Almost vertical gardening.
For the carrots it is actually great that I have a 12 inch depth, even though in a square foot garden only 6 inches is required. The Mel’s Mix is very loose and holds moisture well. Very sponge like and simulates potting soil in consistency. Pretty much a square foot garden is an oversized container garden.
I can see how you can get a very high yield in not so much space. Very practical.
I guess our start is a few weeks behind, and I hope for a long growing season like last year.
The Roma tomatoes are really plum tomatoes to make sauce. We will likely have a big crop, and the idea is to purée the plum tomatoes and mix with spices to freeze to later make sauce.
If we have a lot of zucchini we can slice it and freeze it. Same for beans and peas.
We pretty much will be eating even better.
I think we planted too many scallions and radishes, but this was to make a woman happy. Not easy to do, no sense in arguing because you know men can never win.
Anyways I do eat a lot of scallions, don’t know how many radishes I can eat. Oh-well.
“Maggie” is doing a really big/huge herb garden. Also know that unusable surpluses will go to C-HOP our local food pantry.
Cal
Eggplant, Zucchini, yellow squash, scallions, carrots, radishes, cherry tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, 4 different lettuces, plus arugula.
Later in the week we will get some pea and string bean seedlings from a friend.
Although I no longer have my digital studio in Madhattan where I went vertical, here in Peekskill I have to build some trellises for the plants to climb on.
I have three of my two by two squares set right next to each other on the north side of the garden. This is where I will have to make a major trellis for the eggplant, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, and yellow squash. Almost vertical gardening.
For the carrots it is actually great that I have a 12 inch depth, even though in a square foot garden only 6 inches is required. The Mel’s Mix is very loose and holds moisture well. Very sponge like and simulates potting soil in consistency. Pretty much a square foot garden is an oversized container garden.
I can see how you can get a very high yield in not so much space. Very practical.
I guess our start is a few weeks behind, and I hope for a long growing season like last year.
The Roma tomatoes are really plum tomatoes to make sauce. We will likely have a big crop, and the idea is to purée the plum tomatoes and mix with spices to freeze to later make sauce.
If we have a lot of zucchini we can slice it and freeze it. Same for beans and peas.
We pretty much will be eating even better.
I think we planted too many scallions and radishes, but this was to make a woman happy. Not easy to do, no sense in arguing because you know men can never win.
Anyways I do eat a lot of scallions, don’t know how many radishes I can eat. Oh-well.
“Maggie” is doing a really big/huge herb garden. Also know that unusable surpluses will go to C-HOP our local food pantry.
Cal
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
An interesting First Tuesday Salon at the Bean Runner Cafe.
The reason for VL Cox’s migration to Peekskill was an Arkansas law that allowed denial of medical care due to religious reasons. Her being a lesbian could mean being left to die in an emergency situation.
To fight off depression she decided to move.
VL moved to Peekskill about the same time we did.
Some of the stories told of her work that deals with racism and social justice really set a hook into me.
This one piece involving doors and labels she tried to get permits to display at the state capitol building failed. At one point she was told in a hostile manner to go try and set up her display at the Lincoln Memorial, and then she did just that.
Pretty much it became a viral event and became national news.
She later sued the State of Arkansas and won the right to display her work at the State Capitol.
So here we have another person relocating to another state for political reasons, but this time because of a possible life and death decision where under the Religious Freedom Bill she and others could be denied medical care and left to die.
Pretty much she was known enough also to be in physical danger also.
VL Cox is a very interesting artist on so many levels. Age is 62 BTW.
Cal
The reason for VL Cox’s migration to Peekskill was an Arkansas law that allowed denial of medical care due to religious reasons. Her being a lesbian could mean being left to die in an emergency situation.
To fight off depression she decided to move.
VL moved to Peekskill about the same time we did.
Some of the stories told of her work that deals with racism and social justice really set a hook into me.
This one piece involving doors and labels she tried to get permits to display at the state capitol building failed. At one point she was told in a hostile manner to go try and set up her display at the Lincoln Memorial, and then she did just that.
Pretty much it became a viral event and became national news.
She later sued the State of Arkansas and won the right to display her work at the State Capitol.
So here we have another person relocating to another state for political reasons, but this time because of a possible life and death decision where under the Religious Freedom Bill she and others could be denied medical care and left to die.
Pretty much she was known enough also to be in physical danger also.
VL Cox is a very interesting artist on so many levels. Age is 62 BTW.
Cal