IdyllopusPress Presents

Listening to Sue Wilkinson’s new album as we drive. Beautiful! Marty and Sue have been working on it off and on for about a year and a half(?) and they’re close to finishing. “Sympatico” is perhaps my favorite thus far, atmospheric, Middle Eastern percussion. Riq and bendir and…washtub! Great big aluminum washtub. Courtesey of [...]

This five minute segment is of Leigh Bielenberg’s testimony before the Atlanta City Council. The full 45 minutes of the Atlanta City Council discussion on starting an independent audit on the Arborist Division on the Bureau of Buildings may be viewed here.
Below is an image from the Atlanta Cyclorama in which is believed to [...]

As the Creative Loafing article asks, Why Was Atlanta Arborist Tom Coffin Fired?
Tom Coffin has tirelessly fought to save Atlanta’s trees.  Why was he fired?  The Atlanta City Council meeting involves beginning an independent audit of the Arborist Division of the Bureau of Buildings.
Some friends of ours have been fighting to preserve an 170-180 year [...]

The Bad Homeschooler is what we ought to call this blog except for the fact that I don’t write much about homeschooling here (relatively speaking) and it’s not like we want to draw attention to ourselves and have people gathering about going, “Look, they’re bad homeschoolers!”
It’s that time of year in which books I’ve ordered [...]

Idyllopus Press: Have you ever seen a UFO?
Guitarist with Gold Ceiling: OK, 575. 575 Highway. Going to Blue Ridge. I was going to buy a farm. This woman I talk about, R_____, she sold property and this kind of stuff. She also wrote books and stuff, really [...]

Idyllopus Press: OK, we’re recording now. Have you ever seen a UFO?
Software Developer: I have.
Idyllopus Press: You have? Really? Tell me about it.
Software Developer: I don’t remember too much other than it was at high school, during the day time, over the high school…
Idyllopus Press: This was [...]

Interview with a nurse and mother of three children. We did the interview surrounded by swirling, twirling children. Imagine sounds of rambunctious play (i.e. constant screaming, mostly joyful) in the background.
Idyllopus Press: I think we’re recording now. OK, I ask three questions. And the first question is, have you [...]

I’ve been going through my files today looking for several pages of writing that I now fear are lost, probably dumped in one of my purges. But I found this, which I’d forgotten about, which I wrote a few years ago.
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Mom. I always find it refreshing when somebody can [...]

My thanks to Ed Wiancko for letting me use a great family photo of his for my new header image.
This site has nothing to do with rowboats but of course the majority of Google searches I get have to do with rowboats…and banana popsicles. I wrote about banana popsicles once or twice and now [...]