Round Museum

On the 120-year old porch friends gather and conversations swirl in the cool air of the morning. In hanging planters above the railing Escargot begonia grows with curling, snail-shaped foliage, absorbing energy from its surroundings, mirroring the slow, casual pace going on around. This is a familiar mill. Spiraling stories. Deja vu all over again?

08.18.21

There’s a lot of turf maintenance to be done before a round of golf. The fairways and greens must be kept pristine. The rough can't be too rough. The fairway should be cut between 0.38 and 0.45 inches. The greens must be like carpet. And the holes... well... they must be Round.

08.16.21

With her dark brown eye and a flutter of fiery red petals, Helen is quite the bumble bee attractor. She's no sneezeweed or dog-tooth daisy, baby, she's the Mariachi feugo! Keeping this garden hoppin and a boppin!

08.14.21

Are you strong enough to pound that hammer down, make the bell go ding and the rainbow Round light up? Well, step right up then!

08.13.21

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway so loved the mojito that he wrote it on the wall at the bar of La Bodeguita del Medio. And what's not to love? Fresh lime juice, sugar cane juice and mint leaves gently bruised with a muddler to release the essential oils. A healthy pour of white rum finished with soda water and crushed ice? After a couple of them, you'll be writing on the walls, too.

08.12.21

Yeah, let's just take a little look down your airway and see what the problem is. You feel tenderness? Difficulty swallowing? Your multi-layered, non-combustible, flexible aluminum duct seems normal, there's no real swelling. The hot, hot air blowing out of your yap is a little foul, though.

08.11.21

A trip on the Pennsylvania Turnpike through the Allegheny Mountains will take you through The Allegheny Mountain Tunnel, a 6,070 foot vehicular tube constructed way back in 1939. At first only one tunnel served both westbound and eastbound traffic, but in 1965 a second one was built. As they say, better to go through than over or around.

08.10.21

The henhouse is a hothouse, and not just because of the 109° Arizona heat. It's the competition. Beatrice and Gaga were locked in a battle of chicken will to see who would be the first to lay their first egg. It was a bit of a waiting game, but Beatrice won the gold, and Gaga the silver. Those hens are acting loud and proud now, strutting around the backyard. With the race over, anyone for scrambled? over-easy? sunny-side up?

08.09.21

During the Olympic Games, we are awash in rings -- on television, flags, uniforms, products. The five interconnected rings as a symbol of the international event expresses activity and the unified gathering of individual athletes. Throughout history rings and groupings of them have represented unity, strength and infinity. Most common are Borromean Rings, composed of three interlocking circles where if one is removed, the structure will fall apart. In this bubbly construction, it seems there may be a few rings to spare, so in the spirit of the Games everyone take one home with you, OK?

It’s been that kinda day. Feeling run down. Droopy. And then... boom, the head is on the ground. But come on, now. Pick yourself up by the petals, brush off the dirt, we'll find a nice bowl of water for you to float in.

08.07.21