ARTiFactor

First born of eleven, raised in Appleton, MN. High School class of 1967. University of Minnesota B.S. in physics Education. Taught ninth grade physical science for ten years at Delano, MN. Lived in the woods for 20 yrs. Got married at age 30. Received a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from N.W.C.C. and practiced Chiropractic in Appleton, MN. for ten years. Also owned, rented, and sold about a dozen real estate parcels in Appleton. Moved to Como Park, Saint Paul, MN. 1996. Did hospice care for my father-in-law until he died. Volunteer at the Japanese Garden in Como Park. Also volunteer at Collector's Corner at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Sold antiques and collectables for about ten years. Currently, I blog for the SMM "Buzz Blog" as ARTiFactor.
Street Car Museum

Street Car Museum

I saw an icon on the District 10 Como Community Council website. It was tiny but the perspective intrigued me. I finally came close with this shot from the old pedestrian bridge. The Street Car Museum is open every Sunday from noon till 4 pm. I learned a lot about Twin Cities parks history [...]

Como Park Conservatory visit - April 08


Anamita muscaria mushrooms

From Magic Mushrooms

This photo is coming from my Picasa Web Album (owned by Google). By clicking on it you should see a larger version and also be able to see the other photos in the album. It was growing in Michigan’s Upper Penninsula last fall.

Goblin Valley sentinals

Goblin Valley sentinals

I really liked these guys. They were sitting by themselves as we left Goblin National monument. Clicking on the thumbnail should give you a bigger look.

Time to start blogging

WordPress has a new release out (2.5) that is a quantum leap of improvement. I will wait till BlueHost installs it for me but hope to see it soon. I also have found a new theme called Options which is partially functioning today. I need to alter the CSS style sheet so it looks and [...]

ARTiFactor.org access problems

I cannot log in as administrator for my artifactor.org web site. No combination of user names or e-mail addresses work. Lost passwords function doesn’t work either. I will need to use an obscure PHP trick via the data base at my BlueHost server account. Pretty scarey though. I may have to delete the whole blog [...]

Flock web browser

I started using Flock as a web browser today. It is like Firefox with drag and drop social media capabilities. Having a wide screen monitor allows me to have more going on at one time. Fortunately my “friends” list is really small. My feeds are numerous though.

Appleton reunion choir rehearsal

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Winona, MN. Bank visit

Winona Bank

Thankyou for this daily food.

Thankyou for this daily food.