April 12, 2010:
Bruce Triggs (accordion.noir@gmail.com) just sent me this link: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4159664.pdf
This appears to be an inside-out accordion with both manuals terraced. In my correspondence with Willard Palmer (of Palmer-Hughes fame) in 1981 or so, I sent him an early design of mine for an ergonomic accordion (see http://www.donsevers.com/Ergon_concept.htm). Palmer was enthusiastic, but told me that, with all his influence, he had not been able to get anything done in redesigning the accordion. One thing that was important to Palmer was getting the reeds out of the box. Acoustically, the accordion is more terrible than it has to be. Palmer envisioned the reeds right behind the grille in both hands. The patent in this link seems to address the problem of how to open and close the valves, which are now inside the box, via the keys.
March 4, 2010: donsevers.com is back up. After 10 years of hosting at home, it's now hosted on Godaddy. I tried going off the air, but missed the content. Besides, this site is so old and basic, it's retro. I love the noughties!
August 6, 2009: An open letter to Iowa Governor Chet Culver.
April 14, 2009: God's Law?
December 23, 2008: It's all about Facebook now. All our recent activity, mobile posts, photos, etc are there. Search for "Don Severs" and "Tracey Donovan". Send us friend requests and we'll never lose touch!
Oct 6, 2008: Washington, DC 2. Spent a week in Washington, DC for Drake. Tracey flew out and we had a charmed weekend together. Complete pics are here and here.
August 19, 2008: PDF Library. Several important family history books are now available in PDF format for download.
July 12, 2008: The Black Hills and Devil's Tower Trip. Another era has ended (this is the last time, I promise). I've stopped maintaining this website. It's looked dated for years. Web services do it for me now. Whenever I sync my Nokia N95 to my laptop, the photos are automatically backed up to my Sugarsync site, thumbnailed, put in a gallery with slideshow, zipped batch download and everything. I can't compete with that.
May 5, 2008: Photo albums online. Over the winter, I scanned in ALL my photos, including all the old genealogy pics. 11,000 scans, about 50,000 pics. Can't believe I did it now. Check out my Sugarsync site where you can download them directly. If you need help finding particular photos, please contact me at donsevers@mchsi.com and I'll send you a link to the photos you're interested in. These families are represented.
October 6, 2007: Major new page: Mom's photo albums. This is a megatask I've been trying to figure out how to accomplish for 10 years. They're finally up!
October 5, 2007: This is the page no one's been waiting for, the Garden Page. In spring of 2006, I dug up 12 areas and have been planting things ever since. I want a wooded lot full of flowers. It's getting there.
September 5, 2007: Finally posted some pics from our combo vacation to Washington, DC, Aug 13-19. I went to see the Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championship, and Quinn came along so we could see all the fabulous treasures on the National Mall together. No commentary yet, but the photos tell the story.
July 27, 2007: Latest pics, vids and info can now be found here. It's my new Vox blog. I can upload items directly from my better-than-iPhone Nokia N95. This is way beyond a paradigm shift. Will I now ask whether I'll continue to maintain donsevers.com? Not yet, but it could be possible.
July 16, 2007: Colorado State Park Cabins.
June 18, 2007: Severs Reunion II. John was back in town to run the Hy-Vee Triathlon. We got together at our house this time. Turned out great and it raises my hopes that we'll do this more frequently from now on. Is it still a reunion if you get together all the time? Anyway, we can't let a year go by without seeing everyone!
March 6, 2007: The wait will be over soon. My collection of family group photos is coming online gradually.
February 17, 2007: North Woods 2
This is the first time we've vacationed in the same place twice.
December 15, 2006: Norwegian
breakthrough
I've been
quietly updating my genealogy
page for several weeks now after making contact with a cousin in
October 27, 2006: Quinn
and I took a Halloween camping trip and returned to clean up the vanishing Kinkade cemetery. My gg grandfather William Porter Severs'
natural father was George Kinkade, so we've recently
learned that our male ancestry is a line of contentious, loud, opinionated
blokes who never backed down from a fight.
August 12, 2006: Severs Reunion! John was in town to run a triathlon, so Bob and Jayne had us all over for a pool party. Thanks, everyone, for a great time.
July 22, 2006: Gunnison/Ouray/Moab
June 5, 2006: 
March 21, 2006: Gateway Getaway
Great camping at
February 7, 2006: The Door County Winter Camping Trip Things often turn out better than you think.
September 8, 2005: Macy Jane Selma Severs Updated daily, but only some of the time.
July 15, 2005: The Rockies Trip. Revisiting a Precambrian classic....
May 2, 2005: Found Quinn's 5dm, his 6d
and his 7d while hunting in
March 21, 2005: I follow physics research, and over the last ten years, new accelerators capable of creating mini black holes have come online. Well, I couldn't help wondering if there was any danger in this particular avenue of inquiry, but I couldn't find any papers which addressed it head-on. Until now. Relax, due to highly technical reasons, the dangers are miniscule that the Earth will be the epicenter for a phase transition of the quantum vacuum resembling a supernova spreading through the entire universe.
January 24, 2005: The North Woods/Snowmobile Trip. It's good to be alive in a fossil-fuel economy.
Tate's 1 year pics are in.....
January 12, 2005: Quinn appears on almost every page of this website, but he still deserves his own page.
August 22, 2004: The Upper Iowa Canoe Trip
We had a great turnout and it was a blast. It's not about going
back to high school. It's about meeting the great people we've become.
July 7, 2004: The Irony
& Self-Reference Page is finally up. And not everything on it is
ironic or self-referencing. Man, irony always gets me into
trouble.
July 5, 2004: The
Glacier National Park train/RV megatrip
March 16, 2004: Updated Tate's page. 
Einstein: "Physical concepts are free
creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely
determined by the external world. In our endeavour to understand reality we are somewhat like a man trying to understand the
mechanism of a closed watch. He sees the face and the moving hands, even hears it ticking, but he has no way of opening the
case."
March 4, 2004:
We had our holiday party this weekend. Superb
meal at the Wakonda Club. I love where I
work.
Born
12/3/03, 2:49 pm, 8 lb, 5 oz, 20", blue eyes
The move is over
and it's all good. We're just tired and grateful. It's cool today
after a hot week, so we have the windows open. I can hear kids playing
outside. Feels like home already.
Contact info: Don Severs, e-mail donsevers@mchsi.com
August 20, 2003: The
Lake Superior Trip
Had a class cancel giving me an unexpected week off, so we seized it
and headed north for 5 days of camping in the minivan. Heaven....
We had a great turnout for Tracey's grandma's 100th birthday party in
(right-click to save)
4 generations.... Irma Rademacher Flock, Lorraine Flock Donovan (Tracey's mom), Tracey Donovan Severs (expecting
Dec 24).
The
Seattle/Orcas Island Trip, otherwise known as The 3rd
Big Trip
Tracey, Quinn and I went to visit family in the Great Northwest.
Our hearts are full.....
Major website cleanup. New Genealogy pics and
new cousins page.
May 27, 2003:
In the planning stages: 25th Hoover High
School Reunion, Class of 1979
May 24, 2003, The Honeymoon
What a dream. I've combined the Wedding and Tracey pages.
Now it's easier than ever to experience our romance again and again.....
Yellowstone Trip/The 2nd Big Trip: Quinn and I had an
absolutely charmed 12 days of camping and non-stop togetherness. Now,
Quinn heads back to day camp and I return to teaching computer stuff at
Hiking to Inspiration Point in the Tetons.
ahhhhhhhh......
Moved
into a townhouse Jan 31! My new address is:
The gang
at 9,200 feet. Perfect weather, good snow, exhilarating! So grateful for my friends :)
Stopped near a snowy creek while snowmobiling. Glorious,
awesome, serene.
European
Vacation:� The Photos
Genealogy: New! Updated
June 19, 2001: COMPLETE Internet Tree showing 99 generations and ALL
lines. Check it out.
Genealogy pics and new cousins
Report
on the 2001 Kerby
HOT
Kerby links.
Invitation to the Annual Kerby
Quinn's ancestor photos:
Completed 06/19/01.
Tate's ancestor photos:
Completed 07/13/04.
Family Photos: Updated
07/15/04.
The Christmas Letters:
Added 11/18/01.
Here's
a link to an
accordion article from 1979 which mentions me.