Today Amie and I are leaving on the train for a 4 or 5 day vacation in Sandpoint, Idaho. Joining us will me Dad and Beth, Jack, Jain and Moira, and Shawn. We will all inhabit a vacation rental cabin on Lake Pend Oreille that my dad has arranged, and we’ll spend the next few… Continue reading Vacation in Idaho
Server Upgrade
The server jezzubu.kehoe.org, which runs my email, website, and blog, has been moved into a new less-obsolete machine. You may notice that my webpages and blog now load faster! The new machine was found by Amie in a pile destined for recycling, before she salvaged it for my use. It boasts a 2.4 GHz processor,… Continue reading Server Upgrade
Sporkestra does SantaCon
This Saturday, the Titanium Sporkestra will provide musical accompaniment for the 2010 SantaCon in Fremont. I can’t disclose exactly where we will be playing, but think of the area between Fremont and Ballard, and consider that SantaCons tend to gravitate towards food and beer.
Blum-Bacon High Route
It’s been like three months since I successfully completed an alpine high route from Mount Blum to Bacon Peak. This was I trip I did over Labor Day weekend; the rough plan was outlined in a previous post that I wrote while on the northbound train to Mt Vernon. Since returning, I have been gradually… Continue reading Blum-Bacon High Route
Playing in PDX at Psyche
This weekend I am going to Portland to DJ an ambient/downtempo set at a new monthly eveny called Psyche. It has been a while since I have played out on DJ gear, and I am looking forward to this. I have an interesting time slot: 1:30 AM PDT to 2:00 AM PST, so I get… Continue reading Playing in PDX at Psyche
A Shroomy Bounty at Britenbush
Once again Amie and I went to the annual PSMS mushroom conference at Breitenbush Hot Springs, which I wrote about last year. This year we struck the mother-lode of Matsutake (Tricholoma magnivelare). And a good amount of Chanterelles (Cantharellus sp.). It was a very wet weekend, but that was okay because there were hot springs… Continue reading A Shroomy Bounty at Britenbush
Wild Mushroom Show
This weekend is the Puget Sound Mycological Society‘s annual Wild Mushroom Show. The show is a celebration of all things fungal, but the main attraction is an expansive arrangement of mushrooms gathered all over the region over the past couple days, sorted and labeled by genus and species. Today I met Amie in the in… Continue reading Wild Mushroom Show
Last Weekend on Vashon
Leaving Vashon Island this weekend.
The OK Blog – Version 2.0
The OK blog has been revamped. Behold! Version 2.0 is powered by the WordPress Content Management System. New features include the ability to add comments to my posts (I reserve full totalitarian right to edit/reject comments as I see fit), category tags, search function, automatic display of the most recent posts as opposed to me… Continue reading The OK Blog – Version 2.0