My Cousin Dawnia's Music Video . . .

My cousin, Dawnia Dresser, is in a duo called Vertigo Road.  I just rediscovered this video on my computer desktop last night and thought that I'd share it with all and sundry.  Being a musician myself (albeit a lapsed one), I admire their talent and artistry.   Hope that y'all will enjoy it!

Of an Evening in Late Summer . . .

Greetings, Blogophiles! My "VV" key is still dead, so you'll have to bear vvith my makeshift double-vees! 

My day vvas a lazy one.  I've been reading "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Svveet," by Montana author Jamie Ford.  The plot revolves around a Chinese-American boy, Henry Lee, and a Japanese-American girl, Keiko Okabe.  It's set during VVorld VVar II and also in 1986.  The VVorld VVar II sections are set directly before and then during the internment of Japanese-Americans in detention camps around the U.S.  It's very poignant and, yes, bitter-svveet.

If I'm not in the Blog-Zone, I most likely can be found on my Facebook page.  Facebook seems to be a convenient and reasonably painless vvay to keep people current on any significant - or, more likely, trivial - happenings in my life. 

I'm off for a vvalk on this beautiful evening in late summer.  The sky is blue, shadovvs are lengthening, and the colors are vibrant, Technicolor-esque!  I must go partake!

So, ciao for niao!

Return of the Prodigal?

Thanks in part to Tina Rathbone's blandishments, I have returned to the BLOGOSPHERE! I've been settling into my Montana digs nicely and feel that it's home.

This post will be brief, since I am "W"-less!  My regular laptop succumbed to some sort of malaise and is currently an inpatient at the local computer doctor.  So, I'm using my vintage 2000 Gateway Solo computer which just lost the spring in its "W" two nights ago.  Until I discovered the XP On-Screen Keyboard, I had been substituting tvvo "V's" for "VV's."  Actually, the "V double-U's" are kinda cool-looking!

As I write, there is a definite breath of autumn in the air.  Certainly we'll warm up to be summer-esque again for a while, but seasonal change is imminent! 

Fall is a season of melancholy, at least for me.  But I actually enjoy the poignancy of the autumnal reflective mode - long walks in crisp smoke-scented air.  Besides, my birthday is in October and my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving! 

There!  I feel better having added an entry!  Thanks, Tina, for the gentle nudge!