We watched the SAG-AFTRA awards last night on I-forget-which-channel. We had tuned in because they were going to give a “Lifetime Achievement Award” to Carol Burnett. Garry has quite a collection of such awards. He calls them the “dodging bullets”… Read More ›
Month: January 2016
PHOTO FUN WITH FILTERS
I gave in and bought a couple of Topaz filters. They’ve been sending me tempting emails for months … maybe years, come to think of it. But they are expensive and I have other filters. Finally, I gave in and… Read More ›
SABOTAGE – AND – MURDER
Early Hitchcock, by Rich Paschall The 1936 Hitchcock thriller, Sabotage, could be a story for the present day. Foreign saboteurs are planning terror attacks on a big city. No one is sure who these people are or why they are… Read More ›
NOTHING
I started to write today’s Daily Prompt, but it was the third time around for “create an eighth deadly sin.” I began writing, but lost interest after a paragraph. If it was boring me, it would have put you into a coma. I was going… Read More ›
INTENSITY OF COLOR – WAITING FOR SPRING
Flowers and a sunset over the Phoenix mountains. Vibrant colors while we dream of spring. New England has thus far been spared the heaviest of the snow, the worst of the blizzards. It could change, of course. February has not… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD – 2016 WEEK 4
SHARE YOUR WORLD – 2016 WEEK 4 What one thing are you really glad you did yesterday? Finally got my appointment for the CAT scan and blood work so I can have my cancer check up. And live in terror… Read More ›
Evil Squirrel’s LAST SUPPER
Originally posted on Evil Squirrel's Nest:
Just in time for Easter weekend…. a little blasphemy from The Nest! Here is the gang’s take on The Last Supper. This is far and away the largest solo piece of artwork I’ve…
BIG NIGHT IN BOSTON
Once a year, because we are very lucky, a good friend sends us tickets to see the Boston Pops Christmas concert. It’s always a joyful experience and is the high point of our holiday season. This is one Sunday night in… Read More ›
ANGLES AND LINES: CEE’S B & W CHALLENGE
CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE: LINES AND ANGLES If anything is a “natural” for black and white, it is lines and angles. Crisp architectural photographs beg to be shown in crisp black and white.
HOLISTIC MEDICINE FOR THE HOPELESSLY DELUDED
Ever since I turned 65, my medical care situation has been on a downhill slide. As long as was on MassHealth — Massachusetts Medicaid and the original model for “Obama Care” — I was good. I had all the medication I needed. If… Read More ›
(NOT) JUST ANOTHER DAY
RITUAL OR ROUTINE? Here’s a question for you folks “out there.” When does a routine morph into a ritual? Or a ritual degenerate into a routine? Because I don’t think we have any rituals, but we do have routines. Most… Read More ›
CROPPING FOR FUN AND PROFIT: CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF CHALLENGE
CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF PHOTO CHALLENGE: #15 CROPPING TIPS From Cee: For your weekly assignment I would like to see at least 4 cropped photos showing the before and after results. Please describe what you learned in this lesson too. Each week… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 