Reorganizing Our Website A Bit

January 6, 2012 by Casey in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Take a notePlease note: with the change going away from DanekWorld.INFO, it made sense to reorganize things a bit on our sever. Over the years, our web strategy was complicated because we kept changing. We had stuff in several places and it may have been difficult to follow along. This may still be the case, but we’re hoping that by putting everything here on our blog page, using links in the navigation panel on the side, well get some sanity back.

In Blogroll, there are many links to web stuff that’s active and gets updated often.

In the Archive section, you can find web stuff that is many years old. It’s not going to update much and some of the links there may not work. Sorry about that.

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Renewing Domain Names?

January 6, 2012 by Casey in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Can until you can'tWill we be renewing the DanekWorld domain name in March? Probably not. We’ve already said as much in previous posts. GroundGlassProductions is already gone. Once again, here’s why…there’s an expense to maintaining a website and we’re all about keeping expenses to a minimum. Sometimes, you can do web stuff for free – like using Facebook – but then there are usually limitations on what you can do.

We think we have found a good compromise.

Since we like having a real web server on the Internet (where you can do your own thing), we will continue funding that. That means we will continue with RCDANEK.US and it, in turn, will host web content. We are also going to keep Thyme In The Kitchen there, and Patrick will continue with his excellent Mojo Going stuff there. Art has his Art Danek Photography website living here, too. Sweet. These domain names will just work as always.

But what’s going to happen to DanekWorld?

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Holiday Photos

December 30, 2011 by Casey in Danek, Family, Friends, McColley | Leave a comment

Christmas plate with cookiesWith the holidays behind us, it’s probably a good idea to post some images here. For the most part, images are already up on the Internet in a few places. Here are some of the pointers to them…

Christmas with the McColleys on Facebook and the same photos on Google+.

Christmas with the Daneks on Google+.

So, what’s up with the Facebook and Google+ stuff…and can anyone see these photos? Maybe not. In Facebook, you probably have to be a Friend. In Google+, you may need to be in the Friends or Family circle. We’re still getting used to this social networking stuff.

The picture here is actually posted onto Twitter from an iPhone capture on the day of one of the parties. (Assuming that Twitter actually lets you see this here.)
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Our Close Call

June 5, 2011 by Casey in Danek, McColley, Video | Leave a comment

Tree damage three miles directly East of our home in Feeding Hills…as if cut with a dull razor.

I remember being in Colorado Springs in the 1970′s visiting with a coworker at his home. During the late afternoon, we were discussing his new life there and we heard a siren nearby. We didn’t know what it was so we kept on talking. The next day, he told me that, as he was new to the area, he hadn’t yet learned about the tornado warning siren. We really should have looked for shelter. I don’t recall if there had been an actual tornado touchdown reported for that day…probably not. Live and learn, though.

Click here to look at before and after images.

Years later, in Spencer, Lee was driving home with Jen when she was very young – early grade school. I was in another part of the State photographing bicyclists. The storm clouds were horrendous and during the thunder storm at Breezy Bend, Lee said she thought she could see electricity sparking off of the hood of the car. Her only thought was to get home to safety. The closer she got there, the worse the storm got. It was really a bad idea and in the end, she was carrying Jen in her arms across the railroad tracks to get to the safety of the house. Lee said the water under the bridge in front of the house was several feet deep and she couldn’t drive through. So going over the tracks was the only option. Just before that, while she was still in the car in front of the bridge wondering what she should do, someone drove past and told her her a tornado was coming and she should turn around. Still, the safety of the house was too tempting, so she got out and went over the tracks on foot. Inexperience in such situations can be dangerous. Should she have just turned around and driven away in another direction. Just get away.

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A Gentle Heart

May 15, 2011 by Casey in Danek, Family | Leave a comment

I couple years ago, I wrote a song called “A Box On A Shelf”. It was about someone who would often remember someone he missed deeply. He referred to her this way, “You were so beautiful, a gentle heart”. I chose the words gentle heart because of the rhyme with the previous line and the cadence the sung words imparted to the song. I didn’t think much about what a gentle heart really was. I just know it fit the mood of the song.

Last week, we said goodbye to my Sister-in-Law, Teresa. She had been in our lives, my life, for about 50 years and as I thought about the kind of person she was, I realized that I never, ever had an angry, ill thought towards her. In anyone’s life, you find friends and family with all manner of personality and character. Every once in a while, someone does something that drives you a bit crazy, or you drive them crazy. You get angry, or they get angry. You get over it. Life goes on as if nothing happened.

There was never such a moment with her. It’s as if an angel spirit live in her. Her kindness and generosity were boundless.

So, now, I think I know what a gentle heart is. She had been showing me all along.

 

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Easter Desserts

April 26, 2011 by Casey in Danek, Family, Friends, McColley | Leave a comment

Easter is a time to reflect on many things. One of them is desserts. Let the reflections begin! (We had a good time this year, this Easter.)

Can you say “Ooma-liscious?”

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Science Fair, Clarity Counts

April 17, 2011 by Casey in Family, McColley | Leave a comment

Kaycie invited us to her Science Fair. Her project was all about seeds and she scored a ribbon for clarity. Good going, Kaycie!

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Kaycie on Piano

March 12, 2011 by Casey in McColley | Leave a comment

We had fun with Kaycie this week. She was showing us her latest music from her lessons. Then, she decided to just have some fun. Isn’t “fun” that place from which creativity comes? We think so. Both Jen and Casey posted this video on their Facebook pages.

http://www.facebook.com/rcdanek

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Patrick And His Newest Painting

March 5, 2011 by Casey in McColley | Leave a comment

Had a chance to get a quick grab shot of Patrick as he was finishing up a painting. It was based on a photograph of a bridge that he and Jen had seen while on a trip. Here’s the finished version as it hangs in the hallway. (One the table in the background, you can see one of Kaycie’s artwork efforts…the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree as they say.)

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I Get A KIK Out Of Kaycie

March 1, 2011 by Casey in Danek, McColley, Video | Leave a comment

We are in the middle of producing our next Thyme In The Kitchen show and Lee had the idea that we involve our Granddaughter, Kaycie. The two discussed what they could cover in the show, how it would be recorded, and they practiced and practiced. What a joy this turned out to be. Kaycie was a real pro, too. Jen (Kaycie’s Mom) liked it so much that she saw it, she uploaded it to Vimeo to share with friends and family on Facebook.

Kaycie In The Kitchen

On a whim, I named the show Kaycie In The Kitchen, an homage to Thyme In The Kitchen? …I didn’t take it too seriously, but suddenly everyone likes this just as it is. Now, we’re even thinking of doing more of these. Such fun.

By the way, Kaycie was a joy to work with. Very professional in how she behaved in front of the camera. This was the second taping of this show. The first time, we used tape and there was a defect with either the video camera’s tape head or the tape itself. This time, we grabbed an inexpensive Aiptek camera and used an iPhone 4 for the overhead shots. For audio, both times, we used a vocal microphone, not the expensive shotgun or lapel mics we normally have handy for TIK shoots. When Kaycie heard that the first show was a bust because of the tape problems, she was disappointed. I thought she would lose interest but, by the time we were ready for the second attempt, her enthusiasm was in full force and she delivered like a pro.

What’s funny is that, just last week we were telling Kaycie about Shirley Temple. She watched some movie clips and you have to wonder if some of that magic was transfered to our own shining star. (As a Grandparent, I can gush this way.)

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