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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Lotsa Pictures Of Pumpkins # 2

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As I mentioned yesterday, I take a lot of pictures of pumpkins around the Halloween time when people have pumpkins out.  They're a very ...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Lotsa Pictures Of Pumpkins # 1

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It's true, when they're out, I take lots of pictures of pumpkins.  Here are some from when I lived in Kentucky.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Self Help Radio 101921: Radar

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(Original image here .*) It was almost certainly off your radar this week, but Self Help Radio's show about radars might've been a s...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Whither Radar?

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(image from here .) The normal way for me to think of a theme starts with coincidence.  I notice a particular theme recurs in the music I...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Preface To Radar: O'Reilly

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(image from IMDb ) It's impossible to say the word "radar" in American culture without invoking two things - & I'll co...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

Handsome Chair

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This picture was taken on this day five years ago, doubtless in Fort Worth, Texas.  I titled it, "Handsome Chair." What else do yo...
Friday, October 15, 2021

A Couple Of Books About Eggs

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(both images from Goodreads ) On this week's show, our favorite librarian Carole came by to talk about two books about eggs.  You can se...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Self Help Radio 101221: Eggs

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The photo above, of painted easter eggs, was taken by me earlier this year.  The eggs were actual eggs, uncooked, decorated by a neighbor of...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Whither Eggs?

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In case you didn't know, I do another show, on Freeform Portland , called The Dickenbock Report.  It's very much like Self Help Radi...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Preface To Eggs: The Chicken & The Egg

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(Image from here .) The picture is from this article which suggest there's a controversy about that question, which came first, the chi...
Saturday, October 09, 2021

Our Fort Worth House

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Here are pictures of the house we purchased about five years ago this month in Fort Worth, Texas, before we moved in but after my wife had i...
Friday, October 08, 2021

RIP Jazz Butcher

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(image from Discogs ) It was sad to hear earlier this week of the death of Pat Fish, the jangle pop mastermind behind the Jazz Butcher recor...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Self Help Radio 100521: Sunlight (The 19th Anniversary Show)

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On Self Help Radio's anniversaries, we revisit an old theme.  Nearly nineteen years ago, on October 9, 2002, Self Help Radio premiered o...
Monday, October 04, 2021

Whither Sunlight?

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(I wish I could remember where I found this!) Tonight's Self Help Radio has kind of two themes - one of them, sunlight, is a theme I fir...
Sunday, October 03, 2021

Preface To Sunlight: Nineteen Years

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(Image from here .) October 9, 2002, was a Wednesday.  This is a story I've told before, on this blog, too, but I'll tell it again. ...
Saturday, October 02, 2021

Sunlight On Wall

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Sunlight is not an easy thing to photograph.  As this week's show is about sunlight, I looked into my own photos to see if I had tried t...
Friday, October 01, 2021

The Door To Movies

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(image from IMDb ) This week's Self Help Radio was about doors, & our resident cinephile Chuck stopped by to talk to us about some d...
Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Self Help Radio 092821: Doors

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One of the perils of a radio show about a subject like "doors" is that someone might think it's a show about The Doors.  It...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Whither Doors?

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This is something I just did: I counted the doors in my house.  I counted ten doors, including one garage, one sliding glass, & one pock...
Sunday, September 26, 2021

Preface To Doors: A Reiteration Of Policy

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(I don't know where I found this but it's brilliant.) No one really calls & makes requests in Portland, so I haven't had to ...