January 27: Got 1st COVID-19 dose vaccine (Pfizer), at Grand Canyon University.
January 29: Had 2nd pacemaker installed, at Abrazo Arrowhead Campus in Glendale, by Dr Amarnauth Singh. Pacemaker is a Medtronic Azure XT DR MRI SuperScan W1DR01 model.
February 19: Got 2nd COVID-19 dose vaccine (Pfizer), at Grand Canyon University.
March 25: Governor Ducey relaxed COVID restrictions of June 29, 2020, including now allowing bars to open (without serving food).
May 6 (5th?): Mike Calvert died.
May 30: Went to Musical Instrument Museum (MIM Music) Theater show, Blues in the Round, with Hans Olson, Eric Ramsey & Mike Eldred. Click here for all photos.
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| Above: Hans Olson, Eric Ramsey, & Mike Eldred. |
September 6: Received a 11" x 14" Metalprint wall-mounting photo from Jimmy Jeffers, of Jimmy and myself at the SuperTest Lounge back in 1973 in Florida.
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| Above: MetalPrint gift from Jimmy Jeffers. |
September 12: Saw two young bobcats on the roof of our house. This is a zoom shot (30x plus) of one of them, but stylized using the Prisma software since the original photo wasn't that sharp.
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| Above: Stylized photo of young bobcat on roof. |
September 25: Received another 11" x 14" Metalprint wall-mounting photo from Jimmy Jeffers, of Jimmy and Roland Hedberg also at the SuperTest Lounge.
October 8: Purchased iPhone 12. Previous iPhone SE (purchased in May 2016) had water damage due to an unplanned dunk in the swimming pool on October 3.
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| Above: Size comparison of new iPhone 12 and old iPhone SE purchased in 2016. |
October 13: Received COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer) booster shot at Safeway.
October 24: Wrote journal on my 2017 Globe Triangle Motorcycle Ride, click here to read.
October 31: Wrote journal on my 2016 Laughlin Motorcycle Ride with Walter Cress, click here to read.
November 9: Finally got the water coloring (14" x 22") of the saguaro framed that I received from Diane Waller on January 4th, the delay was due to not wanting to go out of the house due to COVID-19.
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| Above: Painting by Diane Waller (14" x 22") |
November 26: Received award from the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame for "Webmaster, Photographer & Technical Advisor from 2010 to 2021." I resigned effective at the end of 2021, after 11+ years.
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| Above: Award from the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame. |
November 30: Started ordering metal print photos for some friends and relatives. Ordered gifts for Hans Olson, Walter Cress (2 photos), Diane Waller and Scott King, Garland Tobin, Phyllis/Lesley/Kyle, Bob Ray, and Connie Cress.
December 1: First confirmed case of Omicron COVID-19 variant detected in the United States (San Francisco).
December 8: First case of Omicron COVID-19 variant detected in Arizona, in Yavapai county.
December 19: Finished reading "Do It While You Still Can-motorcycle escapades and trbulatons" by Nick Adams, read this Kindle book on my iPhone 12, first book I've read on a smart phone. Briefly it's a collection of motorcycle travel stories and a grab-bag of bits and pieces the author has written and published in magazines over the years, but all interesting reading for me. He has owned a bunch of motorcycles but the Moto Guzzi brand seemed to be his favorite. I wrote a very short review of the book at Amazon, click here to read.
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| Above: Cover of the Kindle book. |
December 23: Found out Walter Cress was diagnosed with ALS.
December 25: Finished reading "Waypoints -Volume 1" by Bud Miller, a collection of 24 stories first published in RoadRUNNER magazine. Read Kindle book on my iPhone 12.
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| Above: Cover of the Kindle book. |
December 26: Finished "Motorcycling Through Midlife" by John Metzger. Read Kindle book on my iPhone 12. An interesting read, although not what I was expecting. This was more
of an autobiography covering the bikes he has ridden in his life, the
types of riding he has done, with a lot of philosophy thrown in. Zero
photos, zero description of any road trips, etc.
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| Above: Cover of the Kindle book. |
December 29: Finished "Weekend Motorcycle Tours in Arizona & New Mexico" by Michael D. Kuehn. Read Kindle book on my iPhone 12. Interesting read about 6 weekend rides the author took back in the mid-1990s, he had them published in magazines back then and later published them in this Kindle book in 2012. Most of the rides were in New Mexico but one was in Arizona, a 600-mile round-trip ride up from the Tucson desert to the mountainous pine forests of Flagstaff. He mentioned riding a Harley Davidson and the one photo of his bike shows a Sportster model. Book contains a few photos and maps. I’ve ridden part of his 300-mile Arizona ride, the part from Hayden to Strawberry, and also the ride to the Tom Mix Memorial near Florence.
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| Above: Cover of the Kindle book. |
December 31: Giving up on reading "Old Man on a Bike" by Simon Gandolfi after about 15% of the way through. Finding it boring and definitely not what I expected the book to be, just losing interest in what this guy was writing, I feel it was poorly written and life is to short to finish reading a book that doesn't interest you. I'm surprised this book got a 4+ star rating on Amazon, lots of readers loved the book.
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| Above: Cover of the Kindle book. |
