Sky

 

Nice sky on the way to work this morning. 

Sun

 Sun, Steam and Green Tea

Student Section

 He was on the OU Instagram. 

Listen

 I want this shirt! 

Sunflower

In the seemingly abandoned construction zone behind our house a sunflower takes a stand. 

Riding

 Time to get back to the Ranch. 

Beach Day

 Happy Friday and Beach Day at KHS! Labor Day Weekend! 

Commodore

The Commodore by Patrick O'Brian. Seventeenth in the Aubrey-Maturin series of 21 volumes of sea-faring tales. I've been reading these off and on for over 20 years and each book never disappoints. The Commodore is another great sea-yarn from the early 19th century. I only have four more left! Must not rush through them!

Happiness

I've seen this in several places in the deep recesses of the internet. Apparently this is a distillation of Camus's thoughts on the conditions which lead to happiness.

Sounds right and I'm inclined to agree on all these points.  

Badges

For some inexplicable reason, our school made two sets of ID badges for us this year. We were told we could choose which one to use. I'm having trouble deciding. 

Camus Again

 More from Camus’s notebooks. 

400 Blows

I just discovered that the outro music for Episode 1 (Havana), Season 6 of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown pretty much rips off the soundtrack from François Truffaut’s 1959 movie Les quatre cents coups (music composed by Jean Constantin). I’m shook. 

Bird Lives

 Bird’s birthday today 

Diary

 

Peaches!

Another record I picked up a few months back: a white vinyl edition of Peaches by The Black Keys. I had tickets to their July concert but couldn't go due to a family vacation. This is one of their best albums in awhile. Old school rock and blues. This is what The Black Keys are best at in my opinion. I like the title too as it matches my Peaches Records album crate where I store my albums. 

 

Phosphorescent Blues

The other day I picked up a used copy of Phosphorescent Blues by Punch Brothers at Josey Records in Garland. The cover features a 1928 painting by Rene Magritte. This painting hangs in the MOMA in New York. This double record is very nice and was the most recent Punch Brothers release when we saw Chris Thile host Live From Here in Austin almost a decade ago so it brings back some nice memories. This is a great set of songs. 

Dolly

 

Clowns

 Read this today from Camus’s Notebooks 1935-1951. 

New Jeep Swag

Flying Sooners 

 

College

We took the boy back to college this week. Always bittersweet. He’s happy with his new apartment and his roommates. He’s living his best life and is making us proud. But we miss him.