My Kitchen for 16 Years
Except for the time I spent in Vermont, Connecticut, West Virginia, Florida, Washington, Napoli, Nagoya, Busan, Namhae Island, Caserta, Rotterdam, LA, Philadelphia, Clearwater, Sacramento, Minden, Eastvale and a few places…
Homeless Structure
3rd iteration of a temporary homeless structure using flame-retardant phenolic FRP foam core sandwich structure that fully assemblies without fasteners and is solar powered. Duel and family structures come next…
Life 101 Years Ago
My grandfather, Alfred Ferdinand Smith’s first shot as an entrepreneur – first a logger, up near Superior, Wisconsin – later a carpenter and self-taught violin maker. Since this shitty WordPress…
Vegas or Silicon Valley?
Hidden in Las Vegas - the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. The building makes your brain pump iron. I may like it here – but Silicon Valley is in…
Spring Finally Arrives in Piney Point
77 F today, and the winds kicked up like crazy. I got home from shopping and I saw a dozen of weird black birds hovering over the enchanted woods behind…
So you think ’21 is going to be a good year?
Happy birthday mom – it was a good year, as that was the year of your birth!
Two Views from Palos Verdes
If I had to live in LA proper, Palos Verdes would be high on the list. An odd active seismic hill between Redondo Beach and San Pedro has some of…