Barely getting the the family gifts wrapped on time this year, so the cards will have to wait. If you don’t think I have your correct address, go to www.truffin.com, click on “Email Mr. Truffin” and update me. In the meantime, I give you this message from G.K. Chesterton: “People are losing the power to …
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Our Tale of Woe
Those of you following me on Twitter or Facebook have no doubt grown tired of reading updates of my recent week spent on the Big Island lounging about in the luxury that is Hale Honu (Thanks Dan and Laura!). However, our seven days in the bliss were not without their troubles. No. There are big, …
Shooting the tube
No, I didn’t take any surfing lessons, but yesterday Cindy and I spent some time visiting Pele at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. A pleasant surprise was the short hike to, through, and back from the Thurston Lava Tube.
NPAD 2008 Recap
I’ve been trying to put together some kind of fancy schmancy wrap up for the November Poem A Day project, but I’m busy and fried. Obviously the daily posting of the poetry being generated fizzled. I’m not terribly concerned about that. In the end, I generated over 20 poems and fragments that I can possibly …
I’m a Rebel
So, I recently used our upcoming trip to Hawaii (YES, Hawaii) as an excuse to “invest” in a new camera. I’ve been inordinately please with our Canon digital P/S, but I missed the creative fun and quality of my Pentax K1000 SLR. So, after doing my usual due diligence and wrestling with spending $$ on, …
Music Meme-y Thing
Take your I-Pod in your hand: 1. Put your Music on shuffle. 2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. 3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS! IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY? “Do You Hear What I Hear?” WHAT WOULD BEST …
U2′s new Christmas Cover
Thanks to Jeffrey Overstreet for this link to U2′s new Christmas song, which is being used to promote (RED)WIRE–a digital music magazine dedicated to helping fight AIDS in Africa.
