ArtGeek (Ken Tryon)

I may have mentioned previously that in Liberia these are called Christmas birds. Hardly ever see them in western NY, but we do get quite a few great blue herons.

Let's hear it for not so great egrets—everybody deserves to be loved.

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August 21-September 3. Or something like that.

Beautiful piece, gorgeous cello part, but a bit anxiety inducing. 😳

It’s true, I’m not dead yet. I was spending all my free time practicing the Borodin string quartet 2, mvt III for a concert last night and riding my bike to get back in shape for our Ireland trip. Still getting in shape, but I can breathe a big sigh now that the concert is done.

Haven’t watched the series, but I’ve been listening to reaction episodes on You Have Permission. My generation had YWAM, which was marginally less cultic.

I Will Not Destroy: https://blog.artgeek.biz/2025/07/25/i-will-not-destroy.html

Perfect Me: https://blog.artgeek.biz/2025/07/06/perfect-me.html

Gentiles and Tax Collectors: https://blog.artgeek.biz/2025/07/03/gentiles-and-tax-collectors.html

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Thinking about Faith: https://blog.artgeek.biz/2025/06/07/thinking-about-faith.html

Cats of character
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Not that they wouldn't try #flatcat

Fat chance. And I'm not even thinking about putting a cat in a drawer.

https://lgbtq.yale.edu/posts/2025-01-30-new-documentary-1946-the-mistranslation-that-shifted-culture

If your Bible has the word "homosexual" in it, it was published after 1946.

Check it out—it was a mistranslation added to the Revised Standard Version.

Mine too!

My church is marching in Pride again this year. Turns out that being a unicorn (a fully affirming ex-evangelical church) attracts rainbow unicorns (our congregation is about 1/3 LGBTQ now).

YOU try putting a cat in a case—I don't care if it's upper or lower.

FWIW, my mother-in-law remembers him as a wandering banjo player at Knott's Berry Farm. Very early Steve.

Nor are they nuts used to flavor soft drinks.

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Thought you might like Dave Dube's work—he is a moderator of a group I'm in on Flickr and is currently on a fungal spree. I pointed him to your website as well.

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I did get to be a pretty good groom, which I actually enjoyed. I just like being around horses—they're such gorgeous animals.

Sadly, I was too large to ride any of the lesson horses, so I never got to take any lessons myself. I have to settle for riding my bicycle everywhere.

I've been stepped on by both horses and cows, which is how I learned to shove with my butt and back instead of my hands. Keeps your feet out of stomping range. Not a farm boy, but my oldest brother and sister both married into farm families, and my daughters took riding lessons.

I once had a small horse get annoyed with me and aim a kick in my direction. Glad he missed. I give their hindquarters lots of room.

I've seen videos of zebras in the wild dropping a water buffalo with one kick. I imagine donkeys are similar.

If you've hung around zoos at all (my wife and I both volunteer at ours), you'll find keepers have odd senses of humor. The female red tail at #SenecaParkZoo is named Toni Hawk. Sometimes the name are educational, sometimes cultural, and sometimes just goofy.

Thanks--at least that means I'm not losing my mind. Already lost it, but that's a different topic.