Author: Charles

The ultimate downside of being a shade tree/backyard mechanic is the budget. Read one article on doing engine rebuilds and you quickly find that most of the people who write…

Managed to get the workshop cleaned up on Sunday morning. Double checked through my pile of parts for the brakes to ensure I had everything ready to go, realized I…

It is odd that I started this blog after my Father passed away as a catharsis. His death was a long process of increasing pain for months without a diagnoses,…

Return to the garage, or is it the shade tree? Maybe a bit of both. So, this morning I spent some time working on my project truck the 1969 Chevy…

This week my wife Phoebe and I went to Florida on vacation. We went down the eastern seaboard all the way to the end of the Florida Keys and came…

I used to joke and say I am not a control freak, I just like to be in control. I used to be so bad that I would never ride…

There are days where my thoughts are just empty of words, I can close my eyes and my mind is full of random flashes of images, all out of focus.…

My wife Phoebe and I are playing Scrabble and just having a good time, wasn’t too long ago that I couldn’t say that. I used to be super competitive when…

Yesterday the United States of America entered into Chapter 46 of our Nations history of Presidents. As with each changing chapter there will be about half of the country who…

https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Spiritual-Higher-Creativity/dp/1585421472 Working through the twelve week program with my wife and daughter. Just finishing up week 3. It is almost like an independent therapy program, it is about taking a…