I’m back on an Aliens kick (sorry.) Like I ever left. There is one prop from the movie I never attempted: my Mount Everest of 1980s props. The M314 Motion Tracker ( you have to love that James Cameron named all the hardware.) Bad enough that it’s made from seventeen individual 40-year-old parts, but it […]
Read more "Space Madness"As I labored in the salt mines lining the frock coat, Kitty watched quietly. “Why are you doing it that way?” What followed was an intensive course from a professional. I have forgotten much in my three-year hiatus. All of my awkward habits of 15 years ago have returned–pulling stitches too tight, insane frustration with […]
Read more "Apprentice"Speaking of loose ends, I forgot something: the vélocipède aka the laufmaschine aka the draisine aka the dandy horse. I’ve wanted one for years. Originally planned for careening downhill at Genesee Country Village, it never made it there. Baltimore piano maker James Stewart advertised his “TRACENA” (a mix of German and French phonetics) in February of […]
Read more "Inanimate Animals"Quoting Museum of the American Revolution First Oval Office Project Manager Joel Anderson here. Fourth of July in Philadelphia, Kitty suggested we take the train: a brilliant move. It was so hot we feared our train might be cancelled, which turned out to be justified. If you wear your silly clothes baggage is minimal. Amtrak […]
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