i’m definitely having a little trouble kickstarting my brain to do any blogging this week. there’s a lot rattling around in there, but nothing seems to fall out in the form of complete sentences or ideas. part of it is that i am, as usual, just spanked from therapy and, well, just getting through each...
Will, I do understand the weights. When I ruptured that 3rd disk in my neck in 2002 it nailed the nerve root that controls the top and back of the shoulder, the tricep and bicep. I had to brush my teeth left handed for 6 months because I couldn’t lift the tooth brush with my right. It seriously took 6 months to be able to lift my hand above my head, straight arm to the side or the front. I can only do the side lift with 20 pounds now. The arm is weak but useable and seems to get better every month. Keep up the great work and I love the photos!
Damn, Will. Your second picture and caption got me laughing so hard I hurt my ribs again.
great pictures! looking forward to our visit this weekend.
“…Hippie aye-aaa, Hippie aye-ooh, Ghost riders in the sky.” I couldn’t resist. Will, I’m enjoying your posts–be sure to come over to 3West when your at Craig. Jon, RN
What is there to say about this magnificent bull?! I mean, if you didn’t see him with your own eyes like I do you might not believe how amazing & awesome he is! Oh, and that hippie Scottish bull’s pretty cool too.
I need to buy these prints….how do i???? I asked about re-eval today and I’ll send you the info tomorrow. Hope you and Carol are well.
Fishing for cows??? Never tried that. Oh and Carol — too funny!
Makes me thirsty for a good single malt.
from one farm kid to another .. beautiful is all i can say ! pic 2 is hilarious … I need a copy of this .. the bull’s saying .. “don’t be sad now lil’ chap, someday you’ll grow into that halter” lol 
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THOSE WERE NEAT PHOTOS. MY WIFE IS IRISH AND SHE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO IRELAND. MAYBE IF SHE IS A GOOD GIRL AS SOON AS THE KIDS ARE ALL GONE WE CAN MAKE A TRECK THERE. I HOPE YOUR THERAPY IS GOING WELL WILL. GOD BLESS BOB
I bet that bull scalped tickets to the gun show.
i’m going to take a break from our regularly scheduled program about carol and will’s vagabond trip through europe to throw out some random thoughts. i mentioned the other day on facebook that this whole toyota thing makes me suspicious, and someone asked me what i was thinking. what’s on my mind is that this...
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watching politicians and pundits try to make their careers by bashing toyota is just pathetic. I have owned two toyotas, a truck and a corolla, both of which i liked very much. i think once the media loses interest it will all fade away and people who buy their cars will be glad they did. i keep looking a the venza and thinking how cool that vehicle is (is it a car? is it an suv? sav? who knows). another benefit to the consumer is how awesome cars and trucks are now compared to 30 years ago. competition has been beneficial for us consumers as the companies develop vehicles with better mileage, better safety, and some fun gadgets. i can’t wait for hovercraft!
peeking silently each week into your world, my thoughts and prayers are often with you and carol. i am brought to tears, again, feeling honored to, in the tiniest way, share a part of this journey in your lives. your influence has been profound in dustin and our lives, and it is i who must express my gratitude. your art and part of you will be with us always, in our hearts, our family, and our lives. may you grow stronger and wiser, your world deeper and wider.
Keep those demons at bay. I’m thinking Champion needs a banner of one of your shots from an Outdoor mx. Give me some choices of those your deem worthy.
love to read your blogs. you are quite the wordsmith. speaking of canvas prints, i loved the ones on your walls.
somehow we now live a thousand miles from no where…how’d that happen? and where’s our prius? once again, beautifully written. thank you for honoring me – i love you more than you know
last week i went on a bit about the american fascination with an english accent, or at least something that sounds like one. in a fit of future thinking, enhanced no doubt by liberal use of painkillers, i made a prediction that within a century we’d all be talking like brits because the accent has...
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Drive thru sheep park, no admission charge, just an open mind & yearning for adventure required
Does this mean we Americans are out of style? Outdated? Not changing-with-the-times? If word of this gets out americans will be talking differently by sundown.
And people say Madonna has been talking with a fake accent all these years. 
Hope you are doing well in Indiana!
haggis anyone? I forgot that you guys were in Scotland. Beautiful sheep shots.
Alba gu brath! oh and grudgingly Erin Go Bragh too since I’m posting this on Saint Paddy’s Day.
i will pass on the haggis… eek!
some of you may know i grew up in a household with no television. it’s just something my dad saw no real use for, and in fact my parents had been married for more than 40 years before they bought their first tv. not being able to carry on conversations with my grade school peers...
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what a fantastic backlit, black-faced sheep! oh how i had fun in the countryside of scotland with you. can we go back now? i’m sick of watching television…
maybe this is another thing we share… love for that british accent, ways as well as scenery. i was watching Top Gear yesterday wishing i could go back asap (although weather isn’t much different from what i get here in Portland!)
then again, i’m english and welsh!
Beautiful pictures. Touching words. I am catching up on your blogs. (Valentine is my fav – but I love a good romance)
My thoughts are with you two. Love, Hugs and Motorcycle revs from Texas….
I love the photo. The fact that you grew up reading and not watching TV for hours each day is refreshing. Remember, watching TV is just for a season. Enjoy the view outside your window….Spring, the next season is on the way.
Cheri
TV is certainly overrated and we are all better off that you didn’t watch tv. Your ability to write entertains all of us. I look forward to reading your blog.
On a seperate note, I find the Scottish accent much more understandable after I’ve sampled a good 12 year old Scotch. After a smackel of an 18 year old, I can even speak Scottish.
i remember those days well. we were forced to do things instead of watching others do them on tv. i have been thinking a lot about limiting the tv for my kids because of what i saw in your house as a kid, people who conversed, played games, and had hobbies. oh yes, and i would very much like to visit those countries as you guys did.
Really…didn’t have tv when you were a kid AND you were hasseled for it??? Makes no sense to me. What does make sense is that they were jealous of you and that beautiful hair you had (in middle school anyway). I was! : )
I adore your photos! Really really love’em!!! And what a cute sheep!! Very peaceful picture Will! You’re the best!
Brilliant! What is a British accent though? The language is English from England so when I was often told in America that I spoke English with a funny accent, it used to be fun to point out that I don’t have a n accent, I’m just speaking English flat basic! When it becomes known one day as the American language, then I can be accused of speaking American with an English accent. Uhh? Was the usual Texan reply. But Sean Connery speaks that classic west Scotland urban strain of Scottish accented English which is the only one based on bad dentistry – over the generations the “s” became a “sh” from an incapacity to speak clearly due to bad or missing dentures! There are five main regional Scottish accents, then there is our dialect and Gaelic, and a host of German Viking expressions that the English dont have. Some is very close to Swedish. We say that muckle braw meaning very good in Scottish, which is mucket bro in Swedish. fun!
I remember meeting you in college when we were freshmen. You made up for an 18 year TV-free existence in the first few weeks at Alumni dorm. You were absolutely fascinated by the boob tube. However, after a few weeks your interest waned and you were back to reading books. I’ve always been a voracious reader, but your appetite for reading puts me to shame.
your parents could not have done you a bigger favor. Love the photo!
i think you meant to say [editted for content since this is a family show!! 
] Chris is right, you love TV and you know it. I am very proud of instilling that addiction in you. I watched way too much TV as a kid, but alas with the greatest invention of the latter half of the 20th century, the DVR(AKA nocotine patch for TV’aholics) I am now able to manage my cravings more effectively.
PS: I prefer a Norf London accent if your keeping track.
We are loving our special gallery wrap print of this photo! Thank you again and again. We love you.
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