June 20

Church on Sunday, communion to day will see how that works. Thank God that we have a/c in the church it's already. 90 degrees outside .
Got further on the new farm collage. Barn is almost done and i'm ready to start the silo and Any other it buildings.
This week coming is almost totaly devoid of anything substantial to do.
The glod word is that there no longer visibly possessed people. But are not the mentaly insane possessed rather than being Ill.
I was told that thee are two types of mental illness,
1] chemical imbalance
2] possession.i
the devils two bigest successes are
one] that we have been convinced there is no devil.
two] that the devil is all powerful

June 18

Off to the hematologist today for a return visit to see how cumadin level is on my blood. The last time with Gonzolaz it was 2.0 and the last time with Dr. Kaolin is was 2.0. It is supposed to be between 2.0 - 3.0.
I am under the assumption that Kaplan wants it closer to 2.5. Well see how it goes this afternoon.

Diagnosis: is phlebitis, deep vessel.

So today's level came out at 1.9, no genetic mutations were found and the thrombosis problem is not chronic so with no unforeseen problems the therapy will end in July.

Finally got the Smokerrr straighted out. Ordered the one rthat was recommended by Terry, as soon As we get the chance we will return the wrong one.they sent for a full refund. Unless we decide to keep both

June 01

Off to the doctors today.

Dr. Lane for Paulette to check her eyes and lens after replacement surgery.

Dr Gonzalez for me this afternoon to check my Cumadin level and the clot in my left leg.

Then off to the post office to pick up two weeks of mail.

Planning on a new large format collage of farm country with barn and silo, hills and dales.

The wild glowers are growing like mad around home got to get a few pictures for my collection.

Will start with a construction the major elements I brown and beige papers, them I will switch to water color and mixed color collageing papers. Fondly I will work in light color collage for emphasis.

Got one of my pieces "On the Rocks " was accepted for the 5th show The University of Texas Medical School, Department of Psychiatry

May 30

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Leaving Paul's valley.

385 miles to go to get home, stopped at McDonald's to start off the trip.

Got gas in Marietta, OK for gas $35.00. 87 miles to Dallas.

1:45pm stopped I'm Tempe for lunch at a subway 125 miles to go to get home

Got gas &27.61 for 10.38 gallons at 19 mph

got home at 5:15pm

May 29

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Today we leave for home, we will leave at about 8;30am to get going.

On toward Beatrice the Fairbury and Hebron

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Stopped in Pauls Valley.

Dinner at Pumpkins. Chicken fried steak and catfisk was excellent

May 28

You need to write to Bill and apologised about missing him at Seward. I was shown his New piece for the synodical convention and marvrel at the intensity and it's power. Bill has done a magnificant job of communicating his brillance on his canvas of life.

May 27

Went to Seward to see Bill Wolfram at Concordia University. Got there about 12;00pm after going to Wally world and MacDonald's. Bill wasn't there and we talked to a number of the the Art faculty about what was going on there an they showed me the piece bill did for the convention in Huston, after the convention it will come back and be placed in the. Chapel at Seward.

Looked at student work and was impresses with convince the influence Bill had on the students. Some really excellent self portraits in charcoal and paint with texture and a number of relief pieces done with wash and gouging.

May 25

Off to Lincoln to work on Doris's computer and try to get it them and running. Seems she can't get on her broad band Internet.

Will probably have to clean up a lot of stuff on both of her computers. Might have to call my tech line to get the command to see and edit the window start up files.

Working on some water colors of plants and flowers. Continuing to work in the sketch books to keep the hand and heart busy. Got some new photo-graphs of Vera's roses and irises'.

All of the roses have bloomed while we have been here. The vegetation's is in growth mode. Trees are bursting out with new growth, shrubs and bushes are biding forth.

Worked on a number of sketches in my sketch books as well as a smaller watercolor for fun and relaxation. Now its starting to get more difficult and needs more concentrated effort to complete.

Planning on a new series of larger water media and collage to fit in the 10 new frames we got yesterday at the flea markets and garage sales in Lincoln. Most all of them came with a matt board ready to go. Most will needs a bit of touch up on the corners and edges to spruce them up for use.

Planning to working some of the Nebraska farm scenery into the landscapes probably some farm builds to add more dimension to the landscape I am getting more subtle coloration in the lower end of the color spectrum

(blues and purple).

Will keep working on to develop more techniques that are consistent with the styles I am currently working with

May 21

Today we are off to some flea markets to see if we can get some usable frames. Since we cut our own mats we would preferably want frames with glass or plastic ready to go.

Then we are off to the golden corral for a Friday night feast, them home for some syfy.

Still waiting to hear From the university of Texas psychiatry department at San Antonio to see if any of my pieces have been accord fort the July show on San Antonio. If accepted I will have to leave them up for six months. All sales from the show will have to be done through the artist, no commission goes to the university

Still thinking about doing some portraits in either oil or watercolor on canvas. If I give it a really good coat of gesso then the really smooth surface will lend itself to either medium easily. We will see how it goes and how far I want to go.

May 20

Went into Lincoln to see the sights, stopped at an antique mall. Allof the shit other people want to get rid Of as treasures and clean out there garage.

Got a 1991 Budweiser bee mug for $3.00. Saw a real good portrait of a girl in pastels for $75.00, I don't buy stuff I can do my self.

Stopped at an Aardvark shit mall to see if there was anything worth looking at in the way of antiques, I use the term lightly. It would seem that everyones junk is up for sale. I forgot ghat we are currently in an economic down turn. Some people must need the income to make ends meet. But if you had that much good stuff, why do you have to resort to an antique mall?

Fringe final episode was well worth the wait, now we have to wait till the fall to see the fruits of the changes that were made today. Since the show is essentially apacoliptial we will will there be any permanent changes or has this been a paradigm shift or a true change.

May 18

Off to Beatrice to see the world and how things are going out there and the wild eastern plains of Nebraska near the Nehemiah river valley.

Went to Wally world to see if they had what we need as well as a couple of cards (2) for anniversary V&T for their (35th anniversary) , and a DVD player for Vera