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It Gets Better Than This (But Not Much)

It Gets Better Than This (But Not Much)

Floating on early morning powder, cutting the first tracks through the trees, my lungs scream for more of that damn, thin air.  I stop to suck in a few cubic yards. Motionless, except for my pounding heart (which is attempting to break through my

Tim Bjella February 23, 2019February 24, 2019 Bits of Wisdom, Family Stuff No Comments Read more

Yup, I’m a Farmer!

Yup, I’m a Farmer!

Farmer Tim and the lil’ missus sitting on the ruins of ye ol’ farmhouse (there’s a rocking chair under there, somewhere!) Sitting at the breakfast table one morning, I pointed an emaciated finger at the bowl of gruel in front

Tim Bjella September 26, 2018September 27, 2018 Family Stuff No Comments Read more

Unstoppable Energy is just that… Unstoppable.

Unstoppable Energy is just that… Unstoppable.

Woo Hoo! They did it! Team Unstoppable Energy stepped up their game last weekend and advanced to the state level of the Lego robotics world competition on February 24th. The competition is getting much, much tougher. These three fifth-graders are

Tim Bjella January 15, 2018May 7, 2018 Family Stuff No Comments Read more

What Did You Do Over the Weekend? I Built an Ultimate Fighting Death Ring.

What Did You Do Over the Weekend? I Built an Ultimate Fighting Death Ring.

Problem: How do you keep the young neighborhood whippersnappers off your lawn? Solution: Cull the herd with an octagon of death. It took all my years of intense design study and many trips back to the drawing board to get

Tim Bjella July 23, 2017May 8, 2018 Family Stuff No Comments Read more

Simultaneous Sketching (a New Artform?)

Simultaneous Sketching (a New Artform?)

When my son, Beck, was quite little I taught him the fine art of drawing monsters, mostly to show him what was lurking under his bed at night. While sitting on my lap trembling (hey, it was his idea!), we created a

Tim Bjella March 20, 2017May 7, 2018 Family Stuff, Sketches No Comments Read more

Move Over Choo, Chooooooooo!

Move Over Choo, Chooooooooo!

Seems like only yesterday my son, Beck, and I spent an afternoon in the workshop making trains. He was five and still fascinated by Thomas the Tank Engine. The lesson we learned: you can take almost any old leftover scraps

Tim Bjella January 29, 2017May 7, 2018 Art & Craft, Family Stuff No Comments Read more

Turns Out You Can Teach An Old Dog…

Turns Out You Can Teach An Old Dog…

Meet the next Martha Stewart: my dad. A year ago I dragged my father (not by the hair, of course, because that would be wrong, or so I’m told – and also because he is a bit sparse on top)

Tim Bjella January 5, 2017May 7, 2018 Art & Craft, Family Stuff No Comments Read more

On the Day After Christmas…

On the Day After Christmas…

On the day after Christmas, my true love gave to me: Thirteen puzzle balls, Twelve tectonic solids, Eleven ropes a swinging, Ten birthdays and counting, Nine, oh so cutesy, Eight canes, not candy, Seven snowman monsters, Six scrap metal remnants, Five…

Tim Bjella December 28, 2016May 7, 2018 Art & Craft, Family Stuff No Comments Read more

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas…

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas…

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Twelve tectonic solids, Eleven ropes a swinging, Ten birthdays and counting, Nine, oh so cutesy, Eight canes, not candy, Seven snowman monsters, Six scrap metal remnants, Five… snow… man… rings,

Tim Bjella December 26, 2016May 7, 2018 Art & Craft, Family Stuff No Comments Read more

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas…

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas…

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Eleven ropes a swinging, Ten birthdays and counting, Nine, oh so cutesy, Eight canes, not candy, Seven snowman monsters, Six scrap metal remnants, Five… snow… man… rings, Four carved

Tim Bjella December 24, 2016May 7, 2018 Art & Craft, Family Stuff No Comments Read more
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