All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
I’ll conclude this mini-flurry of stamp postings with an American classic: the National Parks, as commissioned by Postmaster General Farley in the 1930s. They are part of a set of stamps known as Farley’s Follies, due to the fact they were first printed as favors for the President and his cabinet and friends, but had … Read more
On the non-topical side of stamp collecting, I collect world-wide from the 1800s through the early 1950s, including US stamps through the mid-60s or so. One area I really enjoy is British colonies from before WWII. The finely crafted little snapshots of island life, flora and fauna, along with the nice colors, evoke a strong … Read more
Blame it on Keller. No, nobody died, but my long dormant interest in collecting stamps has been revived and I blame Keller. Now he of course held topical collecting in disdain, and I can understand that, but nonetheless, I’m beginning my online stamp album with one of my favorites, a Swedish stamp from 1978 that … Read more
Too busy doing things that aren’t really bloggable, so it’s been pretty quiet around here lately. I have posted a couple of nice fireworks photos on my photo blog, luminosity: /luminosity/2008/07/beautiful_fireworks.html /luminosity/2008/07/fire_wheel.html I still squeeze in some time for blog reading (via Google Reader, naturally), and that’s how I found this quick little quiz from … Read more
The annual Lindsborg fireworks show, normally held at Anderson Field, was moved to an alternate location south of town due to the current field renovation project. Because of concerns over parking, we opted to skip this year’s show and just put on our own fireworks display instead. Some of the prettiest results came from relatively … Read more
Lindsborg celebrated Midsummer’s yesterday, and a great time was had by all. As previously reported, the format changed quite a bit for this year; the result was a pleasing mix of old and new! The new layout in the park, the booths representing various aspects of traditional Swedish village life, and of course the wonderful … Read more
It’s hard to believe we’ve come this far since our first Midsummer’s committee meeting in January, but Lindsborg will be celebrating Midsummer’s this weekend, Saturday June 21st. You can visit our Midsummer’s Day web site for more information, and a PDF of the full-color, 8 page program is available: Midsummer’s Day Program I’ve been involved … Read more
We had severe weather in the area last night, though thankfully nothing more than a little hail and high winds hit Lindsborg. To the north of us Salina and Chapman both both experienced some damage due to the storms. The clouds that preceded the storm were among the most unusual I’ve ever seen or photographed, … Read more
As happy as I am with outcome of the Democratic primaries, it’s not without some sadness that I note that we’ve yet to elect a woman as our national leader, lagging behind many other countries in the world. In that spirit, I really liked Hillary’s line (from her concession speech): Although we weren’t able to … Read more
When the local paper warns of potential severe thunderstorms on the front page (albeit below the fold), it’s worth noticing. It seems conditions today were expected to be very similar to June 8th, 1974, when more than 3 dozen tornadoes hit the southern plains. As the paper noted “the ‘significant’ designation is the fourth most … Read more