brucine (broo'-seen), 1) n. Pharm., Chem. a bitter, poisonous alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, obtained from the nux vomica tree; 2) n. Bruce Bortin's 'low-impact' weblog
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Twilight is the Crack between the Worlds*
*Don Juan, in one of Carlos Castaneda’s books.
Or, in Guerneville’s case, maybe the crank. Hell, it’s all good.
Effin Good Pie
Pink lady apples. Thanks, Cathy Mosbrucker. Yeah, that’s right, spell-check. Mosbrucker.
2/24/12 Detail. How does she slice those apples so thin and uniform?
At the River Lane
Tree in blossom
Cabin #2
Fly fisherman, crow. The steelhead fry were jumpin’ all over the place. 3:30 pm, 2/25/12
Posted in the Staff Lavatory at the Methadone Clinic
Dang! Looks like just drinking a lot of water before your UA won’t actually mask your THC use. But what if one were to bang a spike of Creatinine (whatever that is) first? Visit www.sdrl.com/times.html!
Weird-Ass Street Sculpture
On Mission St near 9th. The fact that this piece is just down the block from the pot club seems to be instructive. Plaster gauze (?) over raffia (?), painted.
Tentacles, anyone?
Richard’s Great-Grandfather’s Desk
Drawn and lettered upside-down by Bruce, with additional drawing by Richard Hurlburt.
Gel pen on archival, acid free legal pad. Hand-cropped, 8.5” x 9.5” Note the photographer’s elegantly extended pinkie in the shadow.
Signed [R Hulb] & dated. [02/22/12]
Reserve price $290,000.00 obo.
Implant Prep
Getting to be implant time. Maybe two! X-ray by Jed at Dal Santo Dental Surgery. Thanks to Mary & Ramona for their generosity in kickstarting this project.
Chair Repair
First Ray, then Ruthie have had their way with the arm of my chair. It had gotten unreasonable.
I went to Michael’s, got some leather scraps and heavy duty spray adhesive. Ta-daa!
Now Ruthie has a new scratching post thing that she works out on (when she doesn’t feel like laying waste to our Afghani rugs).
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Outside Kaiser Physical Therapy
2/7/12 Just a touch of tendinitis or maybe some carpal tunnel, or perhaps it’s double-crush which might not even exist or whatever. But I’ve moved the mouse to the left side of the keyboard, I’m icing and doing my nerve glides, and things seem to be on the mend.
Medicaire Back Pillo.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
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- Frost on the Car
- River Mist
- Lunch at the Golf Course
- Dashboard Talisman
- Postcard from Guerneville
- Buds, Wall, Blossoms, Wall
- Closeup Night Photography at the Riverlane
- Twilight is the Crack between the Worlds*
- Effin Good Pie
- At the River Lane
- Lunch at Pat’s
- Welcome to Annie’s
- Posted in the Staff Lavatory at the Methadone Clinic
- Weird-Ass Street Sculpture
- Richard’s Great-Grandfather’s Desk
- Late February Still Life
- What Ruthie Likes
- BART Art
- Implant Prep
- Chair Repair
- An Expedition to Sears
- Ganesha Van
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- Outside Kaiser Physical Therapy
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