Looking Ahead to Spring

Jackson Bentley: What attracts you personally to the desert?
T.E. Lawrence: It's clean.

-Lawrence of Arabia

Every year around this time I get the itch. The itch to ditch the city for a bit and experience the outdoors again. Now that the cold and the rains have passed (mostly) I am anxious to go out to the desert and experience the first signs of spring. So in about two weeks Heidi and I are taking Jo on her first camping trip to Death Valley one of our favorite places in the world. Some people think I'm nuts, but I find it quite invigorating wandering in the desert. I find it's a great place to go get away from everything and clean out all the mental cobwebs. This year, especially, I have felt a craving to get away and recharge. To go somewhere where there is no one to talk to, no cell reception, or any other distractions that crop up daily here. And most importantly, get a chance to see sights like this.



In other news around Dubland I managed to carve out some time yesterday and today to work on some of my own work. Mostly tidying up Dubland and working on a couple bigger personal projects. I would love to say I could have something from these projects to post on the site but that would be very ambitious at the current state of said projects. Needless to say this weekend has re-energized my creative juices and I want to keep things rolling. I am also inching closer to creating an email newsletter highlighting my latest work on the web site. I should have more details and an actual sign-up form in the coming weeks.

End of Hiatus

It's been awhile. The past couple of months have been a bit overwhelming. Since Thanksgiving we've sold our place, moved in with my in-laws, sold my truck, bought a Pathfinder. And on top of that celebrated Christmas with both sides of our family. We did make sure to arrange the move well after Christmas. But the whole process has wiped me out. I still am trying to make the adjustment to our new arrangements. Not to say that things are bad, my in-laws have been great and very supportive of us. Just taking some getting used to.

But now the dust is starting to settle and it's time to move on. You will notice a few tweaks to the web site. And expect some more in the near future. Like an email newsletter, and more integration with my Etsy page. I also aim to post to the the blog, here, at least once a week.