Rick's page of personal things
Pictures Recipes

Hello, my name is Rick Miles. I live in Langwarrin on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. If you're wondering if this is the same Rick Miles you knew somewhere in the U.S, the answer is maybe.

If you are wondering what the weather's going to be where I live here's the most recent forecast for Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula.

For the most part I am self employed as a carpenter and painter. There is a link below to a gallery of some of the work I've done over the years both here in Australia and elsewhere.

This page is just some personal things I put up on rainy days. I have some more recipes to put up one but never get around to it. I am also leaving a link here to some pictures from a vineyard I used to be involved with. These vineyard and winemaking pictures were put together for my sister, Sarah, and her wine appreciation group in New Mexico. They still get some hits so while I am no longer involved with the vineyard, I'll leave them here for awhile longer.

I like messing around with electonics and computers almost as much as banging nails and restoring furniture. You van find some links to some Linux and Slackware related pages here.


Pictures:
Carpentry I have done many things over the years but I started out working with wood and have always been a chippie at heart. Here's a gallery with links to work I have done over the years.
Phillip Island My cousin Jim and his wife Angella were down under for the Ashes and to visit friends and family in December 2006 and early Jan. 2007
Grande Canyon Apr. 2005 In April 2005 Leila and I drove from from Ft Macon, NC to Santa Monica, CA (Atlantic to Pacific) and saw some family and things along the way including the Grande Canyon.
NBPGR I spent most of a year working on this project in New Delhi, India
Leila and Missy My favorite picture of Leila and Missy although its a bit dated now.
Pumpkins in the snow Here's 4 jack o' lanterns in front of my sister Sarah's house in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in October '91. Note the snow in the foreground, an unseasonal snowfall making trick or treating a bit of a challange. If your looking for a great B&B in Albuquerque try Adobenido owned/operated by Sarah and her husband Rol.
Christmas 2008 What's Christmas without the annual news letter?
Home improvements 2007 Scribus is a handy desktop publishing program and a great example of Open Source Software even if I only use it to compile A-4 .pdf's to send to the folks back home.
An old news update


Recipes:

I often cook and enjoy doing so most of the time. The problem with my cooking is that I never write down my recipes. I suppose you could call it cooking by the seat of my pants. There are from time to time things I apparently cook well enough for other people to request the recipes. I have a mind to add a couple more and re-compose the two here but for now this will have to do.
Cornbread I can always remember cornbread around on someone's table but the cornbread I had a long time ago during a work weekend at Squirrel Mountain Zendo in North Carolina has always stuck in my mind. I developed this recipe over the years trying to duplicate that cornbread. This probably doesn't taste at all like it ...... probably just a fragment of my imagination.
Pasta Sauce Melody waited patiently three years for this recipe. I don't use meat and it lasts a long time in the fridge. Serve it hot over fresh cooked pasta or rice.