The Block Party Studios' van, packed to the gills and pulling a trailer, carried our wares to market across the USA for over a decade. I slept in it at Backbone last fall. Now it serves the IRIS Center by carting teachers from Nigeria across Iowa to schools where they serve in dual roles as both instructor and student. These women renamed the van "Betty" and the luggage carrier "Betty's backpack."

Renew, Re-use, Recycle! Peace. Mike

www.iris-center.org

SecondSaturdaySocialClub

Just a reminder that the next meeting the the SecondSaturdaySocialClub is this Sunday march 2 at the botanical center - 1 PM to 3 pm blues music.

Pictures of Ecco (I'm a Gramma, whaddu 'spect?)

None of these have Hillary in them, but ya'll remember what she looks like, right? Ecco was 3 months old yesterday. Doesn't she look like her Daddy? I love the 'shadow' photo, Hillary took it of a good friend of their's holding Ecco looking at at the sights of Breckenridge! Layla and Cheech both love Ecco, but Cheech is ready for the snow to melt... ME TOO!!!!

Flatland Ramblers Gig First Cup Cafe May 2007

Here is a video shot last year at the first gig the Flatland Ramblers (in the current formation, that is, with Donna, Craig and myself) at the First Cup Cafe in Des Moines. We had several Hardcores that came out that night... remember?

Lunar Eclipse photo from last nite

Here's a shot from last nite. We went to Ashton but that was a big mistake as it was clear here in Des Moines and clouded out up there. This I took from my driveway right at the end of totality, you can just start to see the sunlight hitting the bottom right of the moon. It was a pretty site with Saturn(lower left) and the bright star Regulus (above) all just sitting there in the sky. Click on photo for large version.

Frosty Frisbee

Just a reminder that this saturday is Cody's Birthday - but more importantly it is Frosty Frisbee at the Cabin in Madrid.

Hope to see all of you there, with food and hugs!

Lance

How to post a photo or video to the blog!

Here is how you do it when you click the "new post" link. Click the appropriate icon at the top for photo or video. Then on the next page you will get a box where you can browse and upload the photo or video from your computer. After it's uploaded just click the "done" button and it will appear in your post, voila! Just click any photo on the site and you will then see the larger version.

Bean is in Virginia setting up for a quilt show after pulling the trailer through the mountains by herself. She then travels to New Jersey for another show just outside of NYC before before returning to Iowa the first week in March. She earns our daily bread the hard way. Meanwhile, I howl at the moon. And, hang with you, Hardcore Campers, at Frosty Frisbee to assauge my loneliness. She recently turned from her grief to her creativity to make a memorial quilt dedicated to her brother, John. Some of the quotes from her "Survivor's Prayer" panel help me, too, with sorting out loss of beloved HCC brothers and sisters. Peace. Mike

Thanks Stan

Thanks Stan,
If I can post pics right to the page, that would be easier than on the email. It might take me awhile to get the hang of it. Bob and Connie Roberts were not on the Backbone email list and have to rely on Lance's forwards, so Paul wrote to Phil Dean to add them in. You may want to send the invite to the Blog to their email address: blroberts@mchsi.com.
LinDa