Siftings
Jan
11
Uncaged
“Hang on back there.” I say it out loud and I’m not sure why. It’s past one in the morning on some curve after curve downslope between Barstow and Bakersfield. The Jeep is lashed to a trailer screeching and shrieking like a death metal (death metal fatigue in this case) band as it swivels and...
Jan
01
Craig’s Friday Countdown 2016 Resolutions
3. Apple a day.
2. More windshield, less rear-view mirror.
1. Get to the bottom of how Mr. Crabs' daughter Pearl is a whale.
Dec
30
Life Buffs Out
First tweet.
Second key to a city.
Thank you, Mayor Gluba.
Thanks all, who contributed to Davenport's success.
Dec
25
Have A Merry Happy
The front of the official 2015 card.
Some are adding to the collection.
Some are starting a collection.
Pardon the solar orientation, peace and goodwill to all.
Dec
25
Craig’s Friday Countdown 2015 iPod Additions
Not saying these are the best songs of the year, or the biggest songs (I hear that nice young lady from London has a new record). I’m not even saying these are from this year, though most are. I am saying these are my favorite fifty(ish) additions to the iPod in 2015. Enjoy or discard, as you...
Dec
22
Transformation > Transition
Four mayors and eight city councils. That’s a career in most places but, with two-year terms, its fourteen years in Davenport, Iowa. No City Administrator had come close to a double-digit tenure in Davenport before, so fourteen years was plenty. Enough to get both kids through school and off to...
Dec
16
Whole
There’s a wisp of a moon hanging over Sand City. On the other side of that dune, the Pacific comes to rest. But there’s no rest for me just yet. Public Storage closes at nine, and I’ve a half hour to make one more run from the hotel room. Heading back to Iowa with an operating theory of Seaside...
Dec
13
Betwixt
“So, are you with the Building Department?” The prospective landlord on the other end of the phone is getting squeamish. He wanted to know what I did for a living and adding splendor to this part of the world seemed a little vague so I went with the formal job title. I never lead with that,...
Dec
11
Craig’s Friday Countdown Engines
Wards has released their annual ten best engine list (here). Happy to see Ford’s flatplane crank 5.2L make the list. Below, for my amusement if no one else’s, are the favorite engine’s I’ve owned.
#10) Ford 2.3L Inline Four – A scrappy little four, able to (ultimately) catch up to the...
Dec
03
That’s More Like It
Seaside, California sunset.
(they tell me this happens every day here)
