Written entirely using Kurzweil voice recognition software. This blog is about some trials and tribulations throughout a life that has been colored by the crippling disease of ALS. These are some of the ripples on my pond of life. Feel free to throw a pebble or two by offering comments.

This world has a lot of crazy stuff in it. I am using this space to discuss politics, the arts, and life in general, and how things in our world are not hopeless, things are Bent, Not Broken. Wednesday, May 18, 2005. In The Park Home Run. I play softball on Tuesday nights in the summer. Its fun, its not super competitive, but there are definitely people there that care about winning. Is that ok? Was this a great play? Perhaps. Will I stop telling people about the home run? No way.

This is the blog for Joy 94. Monday, January 19, 2009. There was a bit of a different feel to the show this week with two interviews taking up most of the first hour of the program. I think it was justified though, with Kaz Mitchel. L from The Women Zone bringing Ann Vriend. The second interview was with Sophie Brous, Program Director of the 2009 Melbourne Jazz Festival.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Shop Directly from the Blog! I just learned about a new tool through Artfire! I have a shop over there and now I can link directly to it and sell directly from anywhere I want to! Soooooooo, please scroll down and view a view items I have in my shop. Tuesday, August 23, 2011.

Saturday, January 30, 2010. I will try to post pics along the way to give you glimpses into my world at home. Jefferson, Iowa, United States.