Stonekettle Station

  Pen making is a subset of lathework, or what is more commonly called “turning.” There are folks who turn only pens using small specia...

  And so it came to pass that Jon Huntsman declared for the White House. His campaign was glorious while it lasted – all fifteen minutes...

  Ain’t technology wonderful? Here in the shiny 21 st Century, we don’t yet have flying cars or atomic sex robots, but we do have inte...

Lots of email this week, asking my opinion on things Palin. A while back I joined other bloggers and some media outlets in a voluntary Pal...

“What have you seen so far today, and what are you going to take away from your visit?” That’s the question asked of Palin by a random...

A few pictures from around my yard today. I have a number of feeders around the yard, one for finches filled with thistle seed, and a c...

Update: Saturday, June 11 Melanie has been found.  According to the media, Melanie Gould contacted the Alaska State Troopers in Cantwell...

  As some of you have noticed, I haven’t been posting much these last few weeks. I’m well, thanks for asking. And no, I’m not in any imm...

My description of the 1950’s apparently touched a few nerves. Comments and emails pointed out that the 1950’s were not as wonderful as I des...

We spent the day in Talkeetna, a little tourist town a couple hours north of here.   This first picture is a panorama stitched together ...

Addendum at the end of the post You sir are why I don’t read the internet. Your mocking GOD is hateful and you are a poor excuse for ...