JohnsonArts http://johnsonarts.us/wp Creation • Repairs • Restoration Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:40:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.18 Tor House as Stage http://johnsonarts.us/wp/tor-house-as-stage/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/tor-house-as-stage/#respond Thu, 24 Jan 2019 23:44:11 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5505 They film in churches, don’t they. Here’s a shoot in one of mine: Tor House, the fairy tale castle built by Robinson Jeffers. The castle in stones from the beach, to go along with the towers he wrote. Asked to be Test Proctor – which reads ever so much better than Location Minder – I […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/tor-house-as-stage/feed/ 0 October 26 – West of Eden to Lakeport http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-26-west-of-eden-to-lakport/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-26-west-of-eden-to-lakport/#respond Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:18:36 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5472 You can see a lot in 9 days, or even 9 seconds. Stephen Foster wrote: “It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry; The sun so hot I froze to death—Susanna, don’t you cry.” On this roadtrip, I drove too far and not enough; I saw much and missed more; […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-26-west-of-eden-to-lakport/feed/ 0 October 27 – Lakeport to Eureka http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-27-lakeport-to-eureka/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-27-lakeport-to-eureka/#respond Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:22:25 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5452 The day comes slowly, dawn an hour away on breaking camp. Back to the gashole for the morning’s rituals, coffee and ice. What should have occurred was to verge northeast. But I didn’t consider it, or did, but with little verve.  Strange. And now, looking more closely at the maps, it would have been impossible: […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-27-lakeport-to-eureka/feed/ 0 October 28 – Eureka to Union Creek http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-28-eureka-to-union-creek/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-28-eureka-to-union-creek/#respond Sat, 08 Dec 2018 21:13:40 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5432 Up groggily with the dawn. To MacDonald’s for coffee and plan out the day. Crater Lake is “only” 271 miles by the shortest route. This then became the day’s objective, in spite of being a long drive. I used to feel that 300 miles in a road trip day was cutting it short. I have […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-28-eureka-to-union-creek/feed/ 0 October 29 – Mount Mazama to Madras http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-29-mount-mazama-to-madras/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-29-mount-mazama-to-madras/#respond Sat, 08 Dec 2018 20:08:26 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5411 Rain all the darkness, the drip drip drip from the eaves onto the lava an ease not easy by which to come, the goodness of rain when only it is good because you are dry and warm. What’s the move? North, not yet east. I’m too far south to trend that way, the way that […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-29-mount-mazama-to-madras/feed/ 0 October 30 – Madras to The Columbia http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-30-madras-to-the-columbia/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-30-madras-to-the-columbia/#respond Fri, 07 Dec 2018 22:49:20 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5378 There’s frost in the pumpkin 0700 as the dawn gleams orange to the southeast. Frost on everything else as well. Didn’t know it was that cold, I was snug enough. Once organized, amble the two blocks over to the Black Bear Diner for the morning’s rituals and the all-essential bean distillate. Rose, ably at the […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-30-madras-to-the-columbia/feed/ 0 October 31 – The Dalles to Lincoln City http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-31-the-dalles-to-lincoln-city/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-31-the-dalles-to-lincoln-city/#respond Fri, 07 Dec 2018 01:06:29 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5361 Dawn comes slowly of the north in this Oregon Territory, plans must come faster, in this territory. I cannot say why I turned away from the Nez Perce country. No reason, but this being a road trip no reason is a reason. To saltwater. Lincoln City. Why? What is why on the road? Next: how […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/october-31-the-dalles-to-lincoln-city/feed/ 0 November 1 – Lincoln City to Ferndale http://johnsonarts.us/wp/november-1-lincoln-city-to-ferndale/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/november-1-lincoln-city-to-ferndale/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:34:44 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5330 The sleep-inducing patter of the rain combined with the intermittent roar of the surf made for the best of sleep …. in spite of the fold-out bed which had, before becoming furniture en suite, in its original function, been the flatbed of a chicken-hauling truck. The morning was gray, and lovely. After my staff has […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/november-1-lincoln-city-to-ferndale/feed/ 0 November 2 – Ferndale to Gualala http://johnsonarts.us/wp/november-2-ferndale-to-gualala/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/november-2-ferndale-to-gualala/#respond Mon, 03 Dec 2018 22:08:55 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5301 Today, way? South. Where? Coffee with Brenda downstairs in the store, locals (she’s only owned the place for a year, so she says, but has made good inroads) in for gossip and why didn’t you deliver those rolls? Doggies in cribs back of the pickup, hound dawgs, they hunt much coon hereabouts? Brenda asks won’t […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/november-2-ferndale-to-gualala/feed/ 0 November 3 and Home http://johnsonarts.us/wp/november-3-and-home/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/november-3-and-home/#respond Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:56:32 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5296 I cannot recommend the Gualala Country Inn, and was glad to pack up and out in the gloaming. I knew I had an easy day of it for the run home, or at least easy once I cleared the Golden Gate and made 280. First things first: Coast it the 48 miles to Bodega Bay. […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/november-3-and-home/feed/ 0 The Aeolian Roadtrip http://johnsonarts.us/wp/the-aeolian-roadtrip/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/the-aeolian-roadtrip/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2017 21:12:31 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5210 temecula psychicEvery roadtrip has a purpose, even if it has none. This had one: recover a 100 year old wind up phonograph: the Aeolian. Recover is too diversant a term, accept would be more appropriate. Its owners wished to donate it to the JohnsonArts Impermanent Collection. How could I say otherwise? I did say otherwhen when […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/the-aeolian-roadtrip/feed/ 0 The Maker’s Faire http://johnsonarts.us/wp/the-makers-faire/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/the-makers-faire/#respond Sun, 28 May 2017 19:22:45 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5137 Makers Faire lead image GoA conclave of the extraordinary, the unpredictable, the astonishing, and the innovative… but no llamas (non-robotic, anyway). The extravaganza (of which there are the like all across the globe, but the San Mateo event is one of the flagships) is intended to showcase creativity across computing, engineering and science – although not overtly discriminating against […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/the-makers-faire/feed/ 0 Carrizo Camp Memorial Day Weekend 2016 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/carrizo-camp-memorial-day-weekend-2016/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/carrizo-camp-memorial-day-weekend-2016/#respond Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:40:49 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=5060 Coffee at the campIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Slackman called the meeting. As he is a salaryman, his free time is dictated by The Man, and so we had to convene during an holiday, which even spiders know is the absolute worst time to travel. 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This 100 year old plus roll top desk – no manufacturer’s marks so its lineage is unknown – in oak (except for the drawer parts that do not, in the main, get much visibility) was not in dire condition. Mainly, it needed some physical rehabilitation, a few new parts to replace the defunct, and a […]]]>
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Deserts and Hot Springs – Thanksgiving http://johnsonarts.us/wp/deserts-and-hot-springs-thanksgiving/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/deserts-and-hot-springs-thanksgiving/#respond Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:21:18 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=4775 DelightUnlike thousands of my fellow Americans this Thanksgiving Holiday, I did not drop thousands of dollars to fly hundreds of miles to spend hundreds of hours with people they do not wish to be with engaged in sloth, overeating and football overdose. Instead, I found the 101 freeway south, just missing the (Neptune Be Praised) […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/deserts-and-hot-springs-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 Commissions Three http://johnsonarts.us/wp/commissions-three/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/commissions-three/#respond Sun, 21 Jun 2015 21:43:18 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=4698 barn-boards-not-but-could-be5586ce2617f5f.jpgTDAY –  Instead of trying for that nap, since the clamor of the gulls on the ground across the street at 6 got me up early, and since we’re replacing the face behind the Little Blue Cottage, I Broke Through and rolled with it. And right glad I was that I did. I scavenged 60 […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/commissions-three/feed/ 0 Farm Creatable http://johnsonarts.us/wp/farm-creatable/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/farm-creatable/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:54:05 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=4666 The Farm Crate: it4 17 – I have been enjoying modifications to a farm crate these past two days. It’s a low, long box apparently, I am guessing, to be the field repository of fruits off the tree and the transport to the collection shed. About 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and a foot and a half […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/farm-creatable/feed/ 0 The Hoopladrome http://johnsonarts.us/wp/the-hoopladrome/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/the-hoopladrome/#respond Sat, 04 Apr 2015 22:55:13 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=4614 The Hoopla Troupe perform on the workbench and call out for a display cabinet.3 10 – Fortunately, my insouciant too-quick to cut the walnut down to a 12” wine bottle for the Ducci Traveling Bar was not the death knell of this project. Mr. Ducci responded to my question about sizes and it turns out that he will be using it for booze, and bottles of Johnny Walker […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/the-hoopladrome/feed/ 0 Hoopla Hashers http://johnsonarts.us/wp/hoopla-hashers/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/hoopla-hashers/#respond Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:31:53 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=4530 Monterey-Beer.jpgAfter a provisioning run: cut the 30’s on the six Hoopla Troupe panes. Wildman shows and helps me dry fit – dry fit is good. Form and install the tray runners inside both Prize Cases. 2 25 – Decided upon more cedar for the two trays for the two Prize Cases. Thicker than what I […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/hoopla-hashers/feed/ 0 Western Flying http://johnsonarts.us/wp/4497/ http://johnsonarts.us/wp/4497/#respond Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:45:37 +0000 http://johnsonarts.us/wp/?p=4497 FlyerOutside_2.jpgCOMPUDAY – Pluses: Thanks to Supersmythe, the Linux Box will now play a DVD – he had to go to Romania to find the app that will mesh. The Microsoft Comfort keyboard I thought busted (the b n & m keys would not work) has been repaired simply by taking it apart, staring sternly at […]]]> http://johnsonarts.us/wp/4497/feed/ 0