IdyllopusPress Presents

Month: August 2008

  • From the road

    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 Raphael.…

  • Leigh Bielenberg's Testimony before the Atlanta City Council

    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…

  • Atlanta City Council Discussion on Starting an Independent Audit on the Arborist Division of the Bureau of Buildings

    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…

  • Georgia Aquarium, Long Nose Fish

    Georgia Aquarium, Long Nosed Fish Light box enlargement. Never published this over here on the blog. Aren’t fish wonderful?

  • The child has (yes, thank god) half a brain!

    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…

  • "Have you ever seen a UFO?" Interview #12

    "Have you ever seen a UFO?" Interview #12

    “The sun can’t be down there. And I know it’s not the moon. What is that?” 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…

  • Have you ever seen a UFO? Interview #11

    Have you ever seen a UFO? Interview #11

    “I have.” The interview concerns a sighting in Augusta, Georgia in the 1970s. 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…

  • Have you ever seen a UFO? Interview #10

    Have you ever seen a UFO? Interview #10

    “Yes, I have.” Interview with a nurse and mother of three children who saw a UFO in the Tampa Bay, Florida area as a youth. 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,…

  • The Boy Who Loved Jawbreakers

    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. * * * * * * Mom. I always find it refreshing when somebody…

  • The new header image

    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…

  • Fairy tale podcast fails at first try (and I don't think I'll do it after all)

    H.o.p. and I attempted Sunday to do a fairy tale podcast (a first–H.o.p.’s done his own little radio shows, but this idea was mine) and it failed. We made four attempts and though H.o.p. enjoyed himself even he admits, in this case, that having a good time doesn’t make for something to release on the…

  • Has Internet Technology (i.e. Googlemaps Streetview) Destroyed a Perfectly Good Sort-of Vacation?

    So, Marty is going to play at the CD release party for a record he produced (nice guy, I’ve met him and his wife, had dinner at his place once) and it’s going to be in New York. This started in June, his talking about it and planning for me and H.o.p. to go with…