You can bet your bippy it was a sullen Tuesday with a dead car and so much to do with The Book. I stayed wtih the proto-captioning the rest of afternoon and over dinner, kept one eye and ear on Nova’s terrific program and the Mark Twain book by Ron Powers I’m reading for the [...]
Archive for February, 2008
It’s aLIVE . . . it’sa LIVE
Posted in writing on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And Now My Car Battery: I Call it DEAD
Posted in writing on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A paying client’s email informing me that a PAYCHECK was waiting at the office was great news coming off my earlier blog posting today. Because I was anxious to get back to what I call proto-captioning photos for The Book (Springfield Aviation by Job Conger, from Arcadia Publishing, coming soon to a bookseller near [...]
The Soggy Bottom Express
Posted in writing on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When dad died in late 1994, one of the first things I did was call a car salvage company to take away the Chevy I had purchased from an acquantance at church. The woman told me a few things needed repair, but her son did car maintenance, and he’d get to them as soon as [...]
Joyeux Julie Goldberg
Posted in arts, writing on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pictured above is classical guitarist Julie Goldberg who played in concert sponsored by Springfield Classical Guitar Society February 16. (photo by Job Conger)
This isn’t a review; it’s an observation, intended for readers who don’t know Agustin Barrios Mangore from Leo Brower and don’t particularly want to know. To be honest, I can tell Ellington on [...]
Poetry Out Loud, Springfield
Posted in writing on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was aurprised Thusday aftternoon when I assisted with Springfield Area Arts Council’s (SAAC) Poetry Out Loud contest. The three-year old competition of high school students reciting poems selected from a lenghthy list of approved poems, encourages students to memorize, to do more than prove they can pronounce polysyllabic words on a piece of paper, [...]
BRRRRRRRRR!
Posted in writing on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Questions for Springfield aviation enthusiast/historians
Posted in writing on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I remember hearing about a flying field out southeast by Lake Springfield in the early days. What was the name of that field, and who managed it? flew from it? Do you have pictures and stories?
There was also a field straight south of town just off Route 66 before the bridge [...]
When “Borrow” Becomes “Steal”
Posted in writing on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pictured above is a fellow who asked me six years ago not to tell anyone what he does for a living. He owns and flies the airplane behind him.
About four years ago, he visited this collection; explained he was working on a special aviation history project, and wondered if I could help. Of course! Glad [...]
Covered! Book Update
Posted in writing on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pictured above: this picture will not appear in the book, officially entitled Springfield Aviation. I promised my editor that I would post no book photographs at my blog or at AeroKnow before the book hits the stores. He didn’t ask me to promise him; it just seems smart, especially since I want to sell books, [...]
Whither Goest Conscience?
Posted in writing on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You don’t me to tell you, or even suggest to you, what to think. But the point of this posting which I hope will bother you, bothers me first. So please indulge yammering bloggerman in a conversation with myself, and if you want to tag along for the read, you are most welcome here.
I wonder [...]
