http://adjohnstone.com/blog/ Andrew, Barbara and Ursula en-us Copyright 2007 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:23:02 -0800 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:25:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tell me if I am over thinking this.... Happy halloween.... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/10/boo.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/10/boo.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:23:02 -0800 A great client and friend has this wonderful Waco biplane, and needed to tart up his hanger in an appropriate way. As I started to pitch ideas "a-d" he stopped me. "Just do whatever you want, I know it will... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/10/barnstorming.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/10/barnstorming.html Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:48:21 -0800 With the inside of the house finally coming into focus, it felt right to start to turn some thought to the outside. I have hardly noticed that I have a large back yard. It has been a construction dump and... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/10/exterior_decora.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/10/exterior_decora.html Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:07:52 -0800 We should have about 52,000 in black Rock City by Saturday night. I got a chance to get above for look down on it all this morning.... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/08/life_in_the_big.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/08/life_in_the_big.html Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:52:32 -0800 Its has been quite a 24 hours... I got in to Black Rock City early Friday, jumping right into work. Everything was going like a dream with the pavilion opening to the public by 6pm Monday night. That night we... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/08/oh_wow.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/08/oh_wow.html Burningman Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:39:18 -0800 "Baby... its stopped raining for a bit, get in the car and lets see a bit of Old Blighty." So went the war cry this morning as we set off looking for tame falcons, bloody gypsys, boring cricket, disolusioned abbeys,... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/06/a_cornucopia_of.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/06/a_cornucopia_of.html Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:17:00 -0800 Last night was a glorious evening. Nobody felt like cooking, and we wisely decided to drive on to the moors and look at the new wind farm and get something to eat at an ancient pub called "The Ram".... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/06/dinner_on_the_m.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/06/dinner_on_the_m.html journeys Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:02:47 -0800 Last night I had the most incredible dream. A very lucid dream. I was in a cold place. Snow and ice stretched to the horizon and I was with a small group. At some point I was free diving, no... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/06/a_dream.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/06/a_dream.html Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:55:39 -0800 The people are gone. The old church is locked the candles blown out and the flowers placed in the memorial garden. The house is quiet. It was a perfect day. A balance of joy and sorrow that felt... right.... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/my_fathers_fune_1.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/my_fathers_fune_1.html Wed, 30 May 2007 12:56:13 -0800 My Fathers funeral is set for Thursday afternoon. As a Scottish family and especially because my Father was himself a piper, I need to play the pipes at the service to give the old chieftain "a proper sending off". My... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/my_fathers_fune.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/my_fathers_fune.html journeys Wed, 30 May 2007 00:41:28 -0800 Everyone has heard of the London Underground, but what about the Yorkshire underground? Ursula has been displaying infinate patience and love with the events going on around her.. she needed a change of scene. She had never been into a... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/go_deep.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/go_deep.html journeys Tue, 29 May 2007 02:45:35 -0800 My Father quietly passed away today at 12.02pm. I can't write much now, but some lines from Burns my Father often quoted are strong with me now. (our time) is like the poppies spread, one moment bloom, then next it's... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/bernard_joseph.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/bernard_joseph.html Family Events Fri, 25 May 2007 09:30:37 -0800 This time of year is total magic in England. It's not just the countryside, it's the light. "Etheral" doesn't even begin to describe it. It isn't difficult to understand why this little island groans with painters and poets.... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/after_dinner_wa.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/after_dinner_wa.html journeys Thu, 24 May 2007 15:37:32 -0800 When we decided that Ursula should travel with me on this trip home, the question of school came up for the first time. Ursula's teacher, Miss Hosley, was kind enough to put together a parent/student pack of math and English... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/school_its_just.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/school_its_just.html journeys Tue, 22 May 2007 14:03:04 -0800 It has been a bit of a wild start to our trip so far... as you can tell. So with the wide-flung curtains of this Monday morning revealing a spectacular English summer day, and with Dad in safe hands until... http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/getting_out_of.html http://adjohnstone.com/blog/archives/2007/05/getting_out_of.html Mon, 21 May 2007 16:03:26 -0800