Artistic Sunday

Lucy and I spent some time over the weekend making t-shirts from some of the gifts we got for Christmas. I much prefer Lucy's heartfelt, folk art style flag to my sad attempt at precision and blatant rip-off of Lux Interior's famous declaration.

Little visitors

Caden and Corlei came by for a visit. I was at work while they were here, but I heard a good time was had by all.

My Talented Kin

Episode 3 of Bearded Justice!

Christmas pix!

Santa left a new bike!


A new sled that required a scavenger hunt to find!


Pajamas from Grandma and Grandpa!


Lucy's new beanbag chair!

A Message from Emily Woods

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What they are saying about Emily Woods

A Wordy Girl on Ten Cents a Word: "It will have you wishing Rudolph got lost in your town."

Writer, Director, producer T. Nelson: "Lucy is a wonderful talented on-camera personality!"

High Altitude Mother E. Schvetz: "The video was very entertaining! (Even Bill was impressed!)"

Award Winning Writer T Max: "You have to dial a lot of numbers to get the North Pole."

Law Student J. Brevorka: "...this Emily Wood character is pure genius."

Pop Culture expert and police spokesperson M. Williams: "I laughed until my back hurt!"

Emily Woods and the Mystery of the Missing Reindeer

It was so big I had to split it into two parts.

Lucy makes Vogue

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My Talented Kin

Nephew Marly is in L.A. making cartoons..

Bearded Justice episode 1


Bearded Justice episode 2

My Daring Kin

This is Lucy's cousin Ellen bungee jumping at the original bungee jumping location in New Zealand. Apparently this is what you do when you attend college in New Zealand.

Christmas Decorations

The Christmas tree is up. Lucy has inspected every ornament for flaws.

Graser TV

Lucy as a grown up

On the left is Lucy as she see herself at seven. She is interested in candy, cats and not getting shots. On the right is how she see herself at 21. She has a husband, a baby and she is an artist. Also, her hair is longer and she has a green dress.

video of my favorite Christmas Song

Little snow, less weight

We had a little bit of snow on the ground this morning. Enough to delay schools for two hours, but that's typical.



I am only posting this because I have registered this weight for two days in a row.
The jinx,of course, begins ... ... ... Now! I visited the oncologist yesterday. I was hoping he would send my away for at least six months, but he wants to see me in two months. I need to get some blood drawn today and he was talking about a CT scan. I don't think that will be until May or so.

Emily Woods publicity still

When Emily Woods isn't solving mysteries, like the mystery of the missing Halloween Candy (Turns out it was Daddy), she likes celebrating Christmas with her family. Christmas in the Woods house is a quarterly affair. It is Celebrated on March 13, May 23, Sept. 12 and Dec. 25.

Motivational poster

fun game

Toboggan Run Try to stay in the track to gain speed!

Play this free game now!!

two weeks of walking

I have been walking three miles each morning for the past 15 mornings. I still weigh in at 250 pounds. Although, I keep telling myself that I carry it well. You can read a day to day account at my newspaper blog.
I have a visit with my oncologist coming up. I think the last time I saw him was September. We should be going to every six months after this. He will be happy to hear that I am exercising and a little less happy to see that I still weigh 250 pounds. I haven't gained any weight. I got that going for me.

Missed this wedding photo

The bride pointed out that I missed this second shot of Lucy cutting lose at the wedding.
It has been over a month when do I stop calling her the bride and refer to her as an old married lady?

Wedding photo

The Bride has posted her photos. You can see all of them at their photo gallery. All of them, so far, are of the wedding party and family except the one above. Of course, Lucy was the first guest to realize that we were there to have fun, so she jumped in on an early dance.

A Girl and Her Bike

Then and now

I wasn't as good looking as I remember

an early attempt at a big project

Thanksgiving pix

Thanksgiving eve dinner. You can see the grease from the pepperoni oozing up through the cheese. hmmmmm.


Waiting for the turkey to roast. That's my remote temperature gauge in the background and a Circus Boy beer and a list of things to do in the foreground.


Here's my list of things to do ... I mean partial list of things to do.


an amazing photo of Lucy not mugging for the camera.

Attacked

I was out walking for a little exercise when a couple of drunken thugs attacked me! Unbelievable.
They threw beer on me and then each threw a punch I was able to block one but the next hit me square on the chin.
I took off running and called 911.
It didn't take long for the cops to get there but the whole time I was afraid these guys were going to circle around and find me again.
you can read a better description of the assault on my newspaper blog
What a way to start the weekend.

George says

Coming soon! We promise!

Let's Go Spelunking

If you click on this one, you can see way up Lucy's nose.

More Hockey Photos

A healthy diet and violent sports are so important for young children in today's world.


Mary makes a rare appearance on An Inch An Hour.


Tony Morris watches the game while I keep my eye on Lucy and my camera.


Brutus Buckeye has spotted us.

You have to draw the line somewhere

I'll rake my lawn. You're on your own.

Hockey photos

We went to see The Ohio State University Men's Hockey Team play the Robert Morris Colonials on Sunday. It seemed only right to go with Ann and Tony Morris and their kids.
We had the Newspaper Network of Central Ohio suite for the game. I bought the tickets as a United Way donation. What a great time. The Buckeyes lost and their weren't a lot of people there, but the luxury box is the only way I want to watch hockey from now on. Especially if you have kids!


Ann, Tony, Caden and Corlei (in the background)enjoyed the luxury box.


The kids all had a great time.


Lucy always wants something. Usually it is just attention.

A business with no ego

There is no "I" in Marion Small Engine.

Fall photos

The pumpkin graveyard.


The dogwood tree in our backyard has gone completely red. In the background you can see a maple tree in the backdooryard neighbor's yard that is red too.

New direction

I took my blog on Marionstar.com in a new direction this week. Check it out

Lucy has a cold

A taste of Emily Woods

Lucy being Lucy

Report from Germany

Emily Wood

Our friend Dirk reports that there is a German actress named Emily Wood (no s) who is fairly famous. She does mostly comedy and crime shows on TV. I did not recognize anything on her IMDB page.
Our original idea for the movie was to make it a "Nancy Drew" movie, but when I explained to Lucy about how authors own ideas and names, she decided we needed to change the name of our movie. She came up with the name Emily Woods by herself.
Some other tidbits.
Emily Woods' best friend is her neighbor George Roughman
Her favorite food is pizza.
Her favorite book is "Mother Goose on the Loose" (a New Yorker comic collection)
She loves to ride her bike.
Her favorite color is purple.
Her father is a newspaper editor and her mother, Redleaf Woods, helps at school.

Lucy does her own stunts

Emily Woods Trailer

The Santa Trap

This is the movie we made last year.

We're working on our Christmas movie

Last year we made "The Santa Trap."
This year we are making a movie called, "Emily Woods and the Mystery of the Missing Reindeer."
Emily Woods is a 7-year-old detective who gets around town on her bike and solves mysteries. In this movie, Santa writes her a letter and tells her that Rudolph has gone missing in Marion, Ohio. It seems that Rudolph is a bit of a history buff and is fascinated with Warren G. Harding, ex-president and former editor of The Marion Star.
Emily follows the clues to sites around Marion while she tries to hunt down the wayward reindeer.
We have constructed our papier-mâché Rudolph and a couple of other props, now we have to finish our script, draw our storyboard and begin shooting - maybe this weekend.
Wish us luck!

For Lucy

Lucy loves cats.

Favorite movie

I don't really have a favorite movie. I like this on a lot and it often pops into my mind. A couple of great lines in this scene.

very informative

This was sent to me. Best explanation yet.

Not me

I am not the coach of the blue team.

Thinking about Jarmusch

It's Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and he's a wild man, so bug off.

Flowers in driveway. Cell Phone pix

Two frosts. Still standing. Horse missing. Presumed dead.
Prediction: Only my brother will get this.

Soccer video

Experimenting with the video format in my new camera.. not so good yet.

The End of Soccer

Ready to shake hands with the Hurricanes.



The final cheer!

Soccer photos (ya gotta click on these)

Running with determination.



Way to use your head Lucy!



Fighting for the ball.



Save!!!



Another save!



Guarding the post on a corner kick.