Last Friday, June 5th, I left home and headed west about 750 miles. By evening I had arrived in downtown Denver and have been here for the last couple of days. I have been staying with my friends, Cliff and Brenda Gilbert, as I have several times in the past and, as always, the visit has been great.

I continue to be impressed — and at times amazed — by the vibrancy of Denver's downtown. It is relatively clean, very pedestrian friendly, extremely active at the street level with retail stores and eating and drinking establishments and festivals are almost always taking place. read more »

Several of my friends who live out of town have asked me about pictures of the new space where I now have my bedroom and office. Here are a few final shots of it with my office fully installed.

Starting looking more or less west (and slightly south), with the stairs to the left and the office to the right -- this shot was taken with my back to my bed -- and working around the space to rotating to my left: read more »

In the past I've posted about the Missouri Innovation Center run by my friend, Jake Halliday.

He was recently interviewed on a local television station, KOMU, about the renewal of the Small Business Incubator Tax Credit program here in Missouri. read more »

My niece, Kara, has been studying film and video production at the University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC).

Her idea for a webisode was recently voted as best by a group of classmates so she and a team of other students set out to produce a video based on that idea.

Yesterday (March 18th) it was posted on YouTube. read more »

Some final shots of the new master bath as it was completed about three weeks ago. The fixtures were an interesting problem given the odd shape of the space but I ended up finding some light fixtures and a round mirror with a mid-line pivot that worked reasonably well in the tight spaces available.

So here are a few final shots … read more »