Over the Mountains

Just a little trip up and over the Smokey Mountains to Tennessee and back made more beautiful by snow and ice on the trees and bushes, but not the roads. 

Christmas Cat

Our cat Frances has grandiose imaginings of a life

lived outside the house, an adventurous life

out in the wild kingdom

with flaura and fauna...

...so when it was time to bring in the outside
Christmas decorations, Frances was right
in her wild kingdom element...

...she peeked and poked
and played with all the greenery
and ribbons...

... the end ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH STATE PARK

WORKING HARD

And I bet you thought that camping was all fun

and games and just relaxing around the campfire.

Well just look at this photo of me working hard

on a poem for my next collection of poetry called

"Beach Dogs."

Actually you really need a lot of mental space
to allow the words to swim around and settle
somewhere pleasant . . .

. . . which is what camping is truly all about!

FRANCES CAMPER CAT

After many months of indecision

I decided to take Frances with us

on a 2 1/2 hour trip to a campsite

on Lake Wateree.

Frances fussed and cried for the first 2 hours.
Once inside the camper, 
she hid in a ball behind bed pillows.

The second day she emerged with
her best friend pig.

From there on all was good and she
was queen of all she saw
and enjoyed a pleasant 
uneventful ride home.

KIPERS FAMILY REUNION

Kipers' Family Reunion
October 6, 2012
Anna Marie Island, Florida
"Phil - Karen - Tom - Debbie"

Missing from event and photo: Chris, Shawn, Gina, Justin, Erin, Benjamin, Matthew, Rebekah, Rachel, Jacob, Isaiah

TOM the pool man

My brother Tom: the inventor, designer, and distributor of

"floating swimming pools" seen here by

one of his many creations in Tampa, Florida.