October 23, 2011
by Doug MacRostie
Escher's first post-utero music festival, 6 months old
Music is my first language – as long as I can remember it’s always spoken directly to my soul in a very emotional way. As you can see in this picture, that passionate appreciation is shared by my family. I am pleased to say we’ve decided to put the time in to keep sharing the cream of the crop :)
I say ‘we’ because this actually was a family conversation. These days it seems like we’re working all the time with occasional glances of family-life.
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May 30, 2011
by Doug MacRostie
It was the strangest thing. It was a thrifting run like any other; Wifey searching for clothes and fabric, me browsing for instruments or anything cool. She also checks on anything for Duder and “little bauble weird things” and I sometimes try to find old books.
But then I was drawn to the shopping cart full of old cassettes. By the time I started actively buying music, cassettes were for dorks and CDs were taking over the universe. I was searching the cart and getting excited.
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May 21, 2011
by Doug MacRostie
The apocalypse of May, 2011 came and went with not even a rumble, let alone weightless righteousness. But the disappointment ripples far beyond the true believers:
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10. It didn’t happen, which means all the righteous are still amongst us. No rapture for them = hell on Earth for everyone else.
9. I guess I will have to mow the lawn after all. In all the pictures I’ve seen of hell no one is ever mowing.
8. I don’t get to wear my after-the-apocalypse-looting clothes. I had picked out the perfect outfit – a ventilated jacket and everything for those hot spots.
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May 13, 2011
by Doug MacRostie
My wife and I ended up with a little time to kill in Bigfork, MN on a recent Spring morning. Inspired by “The Things You See in Ely,” here is our story. Go ahead and do a Google search if you want to know the official area tourist attractions; edge of the what-erness?, Scenic State who?
Scroll down if you would prefer an honest photo-review of experiencing Bigfork:
Bigfork has its fair share of hotties
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