Ghost Hunting — Tips & Tools Of The Trade

Orbs In The Barn, Glenwood, Minnesota, May 2006, photo © 2006-2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. It’s Halloween, the time of year when the veil between the worlds is thinnest. Have you ever taken a photograph and were later surprised to find you had captured an orb? Orbs are small, floating, transparent balls of light, [...]

Read Full Post »

Below The Surface: What’s Under My Fridge

What’s Under My Fridge – 297/365, BlackBerry 365, Golden Valley, Minnesota, October 2010, photo © 2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. On October 17th my brother had his third liver transplant. By all accounts, it is a miracle. And something that’s hard to wrap your mind around. It all began with a text: 10/17/2010 @ [...]

Read Full Post »

World’s Largest Ceramic Mosaic – Hanoi’s Ceramic Mosaic Mural Project

In a flash, HaNoi’s Ceramic Mosaic Mural as seen from the taxi, October 2010, iPhone photos © 2010 by ybonesy, all rights reserved. Entering the city of Hanoi last week, I immediately notice that the ceramic wall is done. This four-kilometer-long work of art, which has been in progress for the three years since I [...]

Read Full Post »

Goodbye Corrales, Hello Vietnam

It’s that time again. The harvest is winding down. Jim bought a small basket of red and green chile so we can roast, peel, and freeze a few baggies to pull out in the middle of winter, when our bodies crave the chemical capsaicin (which produces the heat in chile). The air conditioner is closed [...]

Read Full Post »

Sit, Walk, Write On Lake Michigan

Sunrise On Lake Michigan, Bob walking 10,000 steps on the beach, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, October 2010, photo © 2010 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved. Sitting, walking, writing with the Midwest Writing Group on the Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan. This is the 7th time we’ve met. The first was October 2007 at McCreedy’s in Sheboygan [...]

Read Full Post »

FridgeFotos: Hot Meets Cold

My appliances: Chambers stove, Thermador oven, Big Chill fridge (front and side), photos © 2010 by ybonesy. All rights reserved. Chambers, Thermador, Big Chill hot, hot, cold duck, duck, goose -Related to posts PRACTICE: My Refrigerator and FridgeFotos – Assateague Island To Frozen Trolls

Read Full Post »

PRACTICE: My Refrigerator – 20min

My refrigerator looks old but it’s not. We bought it this year, from a company in Boulder, Colorado, that makes retro appliances. Our fridge is a crisp white, matches the old Chambers stove, which really is old. Both have rounded edges. The fridge has a Whirlpool motor and doesn’t make a whole lot of sound, [...]

Read Full Post »

PRACTICE — My Refrigerator – 20min

My refrigerator is nothing special. It’s short and squat, a just-right size that fits nicely into its spot under the cabinets. Our kitchen is the size of a breadbox. So the fridge fits into the breadbox. I’ve always lived in small, crowded spaces. The rambler I grew up in in Pennsylvania housed eight kids and [...]

Read Full Post »

That’s One Way To Lose Weight

Me: I love my new Spin class. Mom: Ew, I don’t think I could do that one; I’d throw up. Me: Yeah, I feel pretty bad for the first 15 minutes, but more my breathing than my stomach. Mom: But aren’t you really dizzy after all that spinning?? Me: What do you mean? Just your [...]

Read Full Post »

Spider Growing In Face

This is for the person or people who recently landed at red Ravine by searching the following term: spider growing in face I didn’t want you to be disappointed. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Spider Growing In Face doodle, pen and ink on graph paper then stylized in Photoshop Elements, image © 2010 by ybonesy. All rights reserved. -Related [...]

Read Full Post »