Me & the BoysPart TWO
Part 1
Did I mention that my doctor the internist is female? For those he-man-woman-hater types let me explain briefly why I chose her as my medical advisor: the average female finger is about half the girth of the average male finger. That’s about as brief as one can get. [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad on July 31, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad on July 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Me & the Boys
A couple of words of caution before you find yourself too far into this story to turn back. If you are new here and aren’t used to our occasional PG-13 stories about blood, gore and mucous humor then I would recommend you peruse our more kinder and gentler “galleries” over [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Finally…New Artwork from Ben & Bennie!
Title: “Ben’s Butterfly”
Description: 8″x10″ acrylic painting on canvas panel.
How to purchase: We are trying something new so that everyone has an opportunity to have some of our artwork! This piece is being offered in an auction hosted by ArtbyUs.com. This website is designed similar to [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Masterpieces, Posts by Dad on July 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Field of Dreams
Baseball has been a continuing metaphor the 44 years I’ve been on this Earth. The Kevin Costner movie of the late 80s truly made it more even more powerful and vivid for me at the time. Although I worked for my father and saw him nearly every day there was a [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad on July 28, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Fear
I’m afraid. Joan will be making an appointment with our internist Monday morning. Our hope and prayer is that whatever is happening with me is nothing at all. Reality is telling us that I may be facing some kind of surgery; perhaps minor, perhaps not.
My intention in creating this blog has been [...]
Posted in On the Palette, Posts by Dad on July 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On the PaletteCerulean Blue: It’s 7PM eastern time here and I shouldn’t really be posting to the blog at this moment. Instead I should be counting my proceeds from the Waynesville (NC) International Arts Festival and relaxing in the camper after a busy day selling artwork. Mother Nature had other plans for me [...]
Posted in About Ben, Family Stuff, Posts by Mom on July 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to All of Our New Readers Courtesy of WYFF!
Thank you for stopping by and visiting with us! There is great deal of content here for you to enjoy and smile about. In particular watch some of Ben’s videos via the link in “Our Galleries.” You can watch Ben paint and interact [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad, Special Moments, Special People on July 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Jane’s CarolinaIf you’re a frequent reader here then you’ll know that Jane Robelot visited with us recently. She and Michael Geer spent several hours with us a couple of weeks ago so that we could tell our story which would eventually air on our local NBC affiliate. I was particularly pleased with the [...]
Posted in Family Stuff, Posts by Dad, Special Moments on July 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
How Ben Ended Up With a Chihuahua Puppy Named Blaze
Ben’s Mom was going to write this story for the blog since she spent more time with Manuela “Granny” Clark than I did. Mrs. Clark is the precious lady who gave the puppy to us. Work interfered with Joan’s evening leisure time this week [...]
Posted in Ben Video on July 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ben & Blaze in Banner ElkThe new friends get to know each other on a beautiful afternoon in the North Carolina mountains. If you listen closely you can hear me telling the festival coordinator, the lovely Sue Zalewski, about Ben painting “The Goose.” By the way, there was a fitting conclusion to that [...]
