8/11/06

Another year passes. Here is a photo of me and dad from 1970 at Catskill Game Farm.

 8/13/2005

Reason I became an advanced diver: This is the Coast Guard Cutter Duane, which is now sank off the shores of the J.Pennekamp Park in South FL (Key Biscayne, I believe.) It is a difficult wreck dive in its often indecisive currents. In 1999, I was able to make the crow's nest, and visit small parts of the sunk ship. Why is this important? My father, Gary Kahrman, was stationed on this very cutter in 1963-1965. I celebrated his life on Father's Day, 1999, during my dive there. This week marks the 17th year of his passing.

 8/11/2005

Since I live in the land of Space Shuttles and Moon Walks, today I thought I would give you one of my favorite Hubble Space Telescope photos. This is a real  photo from space. It is amazing what is out there-very inspirational. We can learn so much from our space explorations-

This picture comes to you through the efforts of thousands of people who created, maintained, and poured their hearts and souls into  discovering "what is beyond."

8/2/2005

Now THIS is a hot shop.! Defined: birthplace of beautiful glass things.. 

World-known glass artist Richard Jolley's studio, and some of his employees-outside Knoxville, TN.

Sparky Adler

11/1/1988-8/1/2005 

I miss you terribly

You were with me so much. I was with you in the end....

July 31, 2005

My favorite Lance photo of all time. Work really hard, and the flowers will bloom around you....sunflower fields TDF 2004. I wonder if he noticed them THIS year? He wanted to, but I wonder if he DID. I think so...

July 30, 2005:

Taken May 2003-when I was working as a color commentator for ESPN bowling. This is a photo of us taping the introduction with Jan Schmidt.

 July 29, 2005:

Looks like a clown car, huh? This is my dad, Gary, circa 1961. As a Junior in HS, he won this brand new Vespa (which makes the scooters today.) I treasured his story about how he won it: He had to come closest to figuring out how long a DJ would stay up on a block of ice as a local radio promo.

I lost my dad in 1988, and this car memory is one of my favorites. It so happens I found out that this very car is owned by, ironically, a friend of my family in Massachusetts. Maybe someday I will see this car in person...

 July 28, 2005:

What is this? This is my favorite image which I took at the Flight 93 Memorial site in Shanksville, PA, in the Summer 2003. There is chain link fence, a few granite markers, and hundreds of momentos left on a daily basis. Volunteers told me weekly they take everything left and store it in a permanent vault. They hope someday, when a permanent memorial is built, they can use some of the stored items. This painting was left by a grade school child, along with a handwritten message. The sky then opened up, and the tears of rain smudged it in almost a perfect way. This is true art from the heart if I ever saw it...