Today is Leap Day. Leap Day used to mean something, but now, it’s just something we call that extra day we get at the end of February every four years. Once upon a time, it really meant that the calendar leapt over… Read More ›
Month: February 2016
ODDBALLS IN WOOD AND SHINY STUFF
CEE’S ODD BALL PHOTO CHALLENGE: 2016 WEEK 9 Blame Cee. It’s all HER fault. I looked at her pictures and said “Gee, I’ve got some like that!” and indeed, I do. Wooden animals, wooden man, carousel carvings. And something shiny!
ON THE GO STRESS CONTROL: VISUALIZATION & MINDFULNESS – ELLIN CURLEY
ON THE GO STRESS CONTROL / PART 4 This is the final part of a four-part series. You can read the others here: Part I, Part 2, Part 3. Stress Everyday stress is a killer. Literally. The greatest damage from… Read More ›
NEGATIVE OR EMPTY SPACE: BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY
BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY – NEGATIVE SPACE It has been an amusing trip for me, realizing that so many of the things I’ve always done while taking pictures has a name. The first one was “bokeh” which it turned out… Read More ›
HEY BABY, THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG
Which Ones Hold Your Memories? by Rich Paschall A lot of people have a song or two that are special to them. It might be their prom theme song or other high school or college dance song. It might be… Read More ›
DOOMED? PROVE ME WRONG!
My mother was deeply cynical. She considered herself an atheist, but I think it was more that she felt God had done such a crappy job, he didn’t deserve worship. I knew a lot of the experiences that had made her… Read More ›
HOW THE WIND BLOWS
State of Mind THE DAILY POST WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE In Hebrew, state-of-mind translates literally to “state of the (your, implied) wind.” I’ve always liked the saying. It’s poetic … and likens how I feel, my “now” state to the natural world. The wind that… Read More ›
SEPIA TONES – MONOCHROME FOR CEE’S B & W CHALLENGE
CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE: SEPIA TONES ONLY From Cee: This week’s Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge (CB&W) topic is Sepia Tones Only. The topic this week is endless as long as your photos are in sepia (brown)… Read More ›
THE MOBSTER AND THE SHRINK – THE UNWRITTEN SCRIPT – ELLIN CURLEY
My father studied with Sigmund Freud in Vienna in 1921. He was one of the first psychoanalysts to practice the “new” field of psychiatry in this country — in New York City. If you’re trying to do the math, I… Read More ›
A PIECE OF THE PAST
TRACES OF THE PAST America doesn’t have much of a traceable past. Not only are we a rather recent addition to the list of nations, but long ago remnants exist only if they were built of stone. Who know how many civilizations… Read More ›
EVIL SQUIRREL’S NEST COMIC # 200 – CONGRATULATIONS!!
This would be an official “reblog” except my re-blogging function refuses to work. I have no idea why. This would deserve a reblog even if it weren’t the memorial 200th Evil Squirrel’s Nest Comic. Because, as one commenter pointed out,… Read More ›
ROUGHLY SPEAKING: CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE
CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE: THINGS THAT ARE ROUGH This week’s topic is Things that are rough. Anything that feels rough, like sand paper, gravel, tree bark, an elephant’s trunk or a cactus or rusty piece of metal. Lots of rough things in this… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 