Mt. Shasta, California, April 9, 2013 — The birth of SiteSecureSquad.
A few months back, we were transferring websites from one server to another. It was a good idea — getting faster response and greater stability, better efficiency — and it’s worked out great for those things. But as it happened ..
March 2013, Weed, California — For months, or perhaps it’s been a few years, I’ve been cutting my hair with some clippers. It’s not that I’m too cheap to pay for a haircut, but I don’t like waiting around, and I don’t like sitting in the chair.
(Which is funny, because I sit in other chairs frequently, with no problem at all. Go figure.)
So last week, out of the blue, I thought, “Why not get a haircut?” I just thought that. For no reason.
And you know what?
Las Vegas, November 30, 2012 — Flying from freezy weather upon the Mt. Shasta, Arthur and Susan arrived in Las Vegas, only to be assaulted with balmy weather and hundreds of gargantuan advertisements.
Not content to buy full-page spreads in local newspapers or to saturate television images with photos of affluence, long automobiles, and scantily-clad breasts and body parts, large hotels such as the MGM Grand and others sport humongous advertisements on the multi-story facades. I suppose this means that Mr. and Mrs. Struthers from Iowa City are peeking out their hotel window through the huge left eye of Kris Angel, Illusionist Extroidinaire.
Maybe.
We’re hanging out with Susan’s daughter Kristina, plus two highschool granddaughters 18 and 15, and Mitch, who’s a regional sales manager for the Southwest for a really-slick heavy equipment manufacturer out of Europe. The granddaughters are fun, brilliant in photography and robotics, and of course the inevitable learning curve of boys, growth, and the info-dense nature of modern life, rock music, and the Vegas infotopia.
And toward the end of the day …
Mt. Shasta, November 23, 2012 — Nikolas and I have created a new ‘text-coupon club’ for local folks that live in our area, the towns of Weed, Mt. Shasta, Dunsmuir, & McCloud. Here’s what the Mt. Shasta Herald sez in the newspaper –
AC ‘Splains How Locals can Get Free Stuff
November 25, Mt. Shasta, CA– Mt. Shasta area residents can now receive exclusive discount deals from local restaurants and shops with new text-message coupon club, Siskiyou Daily Deals. Discounts and deals are sent by text message to members, who redeem their ‘text coupons’ at participating businesses. Anyone with a cell phone can join for free and receive fun, valuable incentives to shop and dine in Siskiyou County.
In addition to offering special discounts, over 30 local businesses have donated more than $1,000 worth of free prizes to give away, providing extra motivation for residents to subscribe. Prizewinners will be chosen at random intervals and instantly notified by text message when they win. To join, local residents can simply text ‘SHASTADEALS’ to (530) 419-6644, and if they ever want to opt out, they reply ‘STOP’ to the same number.
Siskiyou Daily Deals is a service of SweetLife Marketing Group, the new business venture of local marketing authorities, Nikolas Allen and Arthur Cronos. SweetLife ran a Siskiyou Daily Deals booth at the recent Winter Magic street fair in Mt. Shasta, where they signed up over 250 new members.
“Text messaging has become an essential part of our culture,” observes Cronos. “Since nearly everyone Continue reading
Weed, California July 2012 — It’s finally summer around here.
My garden boxes are growing vegetables faster than we can eat them. The mustard is going to seed. I haven’t cut it back because I don’t want to discourage it …
Out in the vacant lot, where the dogs walk me twice a day, in the early morning sunshine, some very optimistic puffballs create a science-fiction landscape, if you look real close …
And hidden up in the eaves of the shop, a swift or swallow has built a clever nest, anchoring to a bracket that secures the outside rafters.
Inside, three growing birds peer over the edge, and cheer for Mom and Dad in the morning and evening, when the bug-catching is good. They all make a cheerful high-pitched cheeping as I come and go.
Susan and I have decided that their names are Butch, Sundance, and Peewee. Here they are, looking at you …
Hmm. Wonder what’s next.
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