Looking at this page here in late 2021, and amazed at everything that's happened in the span of time since the page first appeared. The continued development of the Internet and the Web has indeed brought unexpected and deep change to the world, and (surprise!), it's been a mix of good and bad.

We are all enthralled and entagled in the powers that the technology offers us. The fact that I can publish this instantly, in a place accessable to so many, is something no previous generation has weilded.

As I think about the life I've been given, in its totality so far, and how to approach the days still ahead for me - and that's going to be a small number, compared to the number of days passed already! - there are some things I'd like to say... so, watch this space! :)

"Vanity, vanity; all is vanity".

Disavowal and Disclaimer: My only excuse is that I avow an understanding, though pitifully intellectual, that "the self", or at least my self, just doesn't exist, despite what it might have to say about it. Or, at least, it certainly doesn't exist apart from its comrade, you. Consequently, I hereby disavow any blame for constructing yet another of these irritatingly self-absorbed personal web pages... yeah, you know the type...

If you like wood and fine craftsmanship, you're in luck: Timothy Lydgate Boxes

Now, I add my own meager efforts at box-making: My Boxes!

For the dendrologically inclined: the Shrine To Acacia Koa

The Obsession de Jour: Rocks!

Mini-albums & *Movie Clips: Emerald Triangle mini-road-trip 5/5/2010 The Maynard Claims 4/16-18/2010 Dana and Lilly jumping! March 2010 Digging The Blanchard Claims 3/14-3/16/2009 Spruce Ridge Dig! 8/19/2008 Washington Natrolite Dig 5/1/2008 A Little Bit 10/27/2007 Dana and Picasso Lesson 10/19/2007 A New Friend... 9/27/2007 Jackson's Crossroads 7/27/2007 Hallelujah Junction Quartz Dig 9/10/2006 Jackson's Vet Check 4/1/2006 Colorado & New Mexico July 2004 7/23/2004 Amber Arrives! 4/30/2004 Hawaiian Chieftan, Smoke and Oakum 3/21/2004 Another Saturday morning gone to the dogs... 2/21/2004 Chamber Music! [ Quicktime Movie ] 2/1/2003 Kiki and Chico Together Again [ Quicktime Movie ] 1/19/2003 Barry, Libby, and the Jumbo 12 To-Be 12/5/2002 Sleepy Puppy 11/9/2002 Trip to Reno & Hawaii 11/9/2002 New Kiki! 10/27/2002 New Bunnies! 9/7/2002 Perforce at the Computer History Museum, August 8, 2002 8/12/2002 In the Garden, July 4, 2002 7/5/2002 Some early 2002 pics 1/6/2002 Christmas at Home, 2001 12/25/2001 Disneyland Thanksgiving 2001 12/25/2001 Big Island July 2001 7/26/2001 Sierras July 2001 7/15/2001 Horsin Around 5/11/2001 Ano Nuevo State Park 2/20/2001 Christmas in Pagosa, 2000 1/2/2001 Colorado Trip, August 2000 Not really recent kid pictures ca. 1999 Really not really recent kid pictures ca. 1999

As you can see, I have thus far spared you any truly gruesome self-indulgences, such as lists of my favorite this-es and that-s, personal history, curricula vitae, investment (and other) philosophies, and so on.

But, alas, I make no guarantee that I never will; thus, revisit these pages at your own peril.

* A free Quicktime movie player for Windows or Macintosh computers may be downloaded from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/ if you don't already have one.