I once dreamed that I was climbing what seemed to be an endless stairway to the top of the tower. I knew there were important secrets at the end. Things I needed to know, so I just kept climbing. When I… Read More ›
Month: April 2016
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT – CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Hiding or Camouflaged I have trouble with this as a black and white challenge since I usually won’t use black and white except when there’s sufficient contrast and composition elements to make it “work.”… Read More ›
SHARP CURVES
Curves. Round and round. Curve balls, curves in the road. A curvy figure … but watch out for that curve!!
HEROES
WHO DO YOU ADMIRE? There are real heroes among us. They don’t wear capes and masks. Instead, they wear heavy gear and carry hoses, axes, and breathing masks. They drive big red trucks with loud sirens and in a small… Read More ›
A DIFFERENT EYE AT THE CANAL – GARRY ARMSTRONG
When two photographers shoot the same scene, it’s always interesting to see what they will shoot that is essentially the same … and what they will see as different. In this case, I was able to get pictures from places… Read More ›
WHAT INSURANCE DOESN’T COVER
Seeing. Hearing. Eating. Breathing. Breathing. No one covers asthma medication anymore. A while ago, insurance companies universally decided to stop covering medication to prevent asthma attacks. Most of us don’t have the medication anymore. We buy emergency inhalers because they cost around $50 — without insurance. The daily… Read More ›
IT’S GETTING GREENER DOWN BY THE CANAL
It was beautiful yesterday, one of the nearly perfect spring days with which New England is occasionally gifted. Spring isn’t our best — or even second-best — season. It’s usually very short, often going from winter to summer in just… Read More ›
ANNOYING THE DOGS – THE HUMAN-CANINE COVENANT
I read an article the other day. It announced (with great solemnity and employing many big words and more than a few pie charts) that dogs — our dogs, your dogs, pet dogs — don’t like being hugged. Not merely… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD AS APRIL DRAWS TO AN END
SHARE YOUR WORLD – 2016 WEEK 17 When writing by hand do you prefer to use a pencil or pen? A pen. Rolling ball tip, please. Medium, not fine or fat. Black ink. While we are on the subject of… Read More ›
TECHNICOLOR DREAMS AND GENETIC NIGHTMARES – BY TOM CURLEY
A few weeks ago my old friend Ben Taylor sent me a very interesting link to a story about archiving technologies . The story was about how all of our storage media eventually degrades. Film, tape, CDs, DVDs, flash drives,… Read More ›
MASKED MAN
Who was that masked man? He left this silver bullet. “A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! … With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the… Read More ›
PROCASTINATION – IT’S EARLIER WHEN YOU THINK
Procrastination? It’s not procrastination. Uh uh. It’s enjoying the freedom of unharnessed time. For long years, I too was scheduled. Always short of time, but never late. Never missed a deadline. Always left the house early in case I encountered… Read More ›
