Author Archives: CraigMaas

Cloudbusting

Ray Maas would have been 74 today. In honor of his birthday, Paul and Suzanne made a banana cream pie, one of dad’s favorites. I went over to share a piece and think about what else we’re missing.

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Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Ray Maas had a write up in the NDSU Ag Engineering Department newsletter. It’s found on page 2 in the “Obituaries- Department Alumni” section. Nothing new but it was nice to see him honored again by the Ag Eng. Department. … Continue reading

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Books Read In 2010

In 2010 I managed to read 63 books in 2010 for a total of 20,229 pages. Here is the list. By comparison my sister Suzanne read 47 books for a total of 18,248 pages. As you can see we’re a … Continue reading

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2011 News-CraigMaas.net

I’ve cut back on my on-line activities. I’ve replace my homepage with this blog. I hope to post more entries this year. I’m still enthusiastic about photography so those links (Zenfolio, Flickr, and Picasa) are still getting updated all the … Continue reading

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2010 Christmas Playlist

I put this play list together from my i-tunes library. My goal was some good performances that I haven’t listen to much. I rotated a number of obvious choices out for some new holiday music. I also included two track … Continue reading

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V1

My friends and I (from Dilworth) are starting a new band. We’re calling ourselves V1 * I’ve already written enough songs for a dozen albums or so. This is a list of the album titles. (In order) The list also … Continue reading

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Hiatus

I’m cutting back on my web exposure this year. I thought about cutting back on the blog and using Facebook more, but instead I’ve decided to cut back on Facebook and put this blog on hiatus for a while. I … Continue reading

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Writing

I thought long and hard about writing. Each year I review my work flow and decide how much I want to write, what I want to write, who I’m writing for, how much I want to share, and how I … Continue reading

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Photography With Myron

Victor Teigen took the day off from work. He asked about lunch. I told him, “Bob and I going to Arbys.” I told him if he’d like to come along I’d pick him up, “I have to come downtown to … Continue reading

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Clare Roughhousing

Sean called to invite me over, “The Vikings are playing the Bears on ESPN tonight. Do you want to come over?” he asked. It sounded like a good idea. Sean had an ulterior motive. I had his iPod Touch. I … Continue reading

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