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Month: November 2016
COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, GUNS, AND US: NOT A RANT, JUST A RAMBLE
Yesterday, I tried to download a book from my Audible.com library and got a message telling me I didn’t have adequate permission. I’ve been an Audible member since 2002 and I’m pretty sure I have more than adequate permissions. I… Read More ›
WHY CORRUPTION MATTERS: QUOTE OF THE DAY, PART 3
The entire quote is from Paul Krugman of The New York Times: Why corruption matters. Hint: It’s not the money, it’s the incentives. When money corrupts the decision-makers, the decisions they make may ultimately have nothing to do with right, wrong,… Read More ›
CHAIRS WITH MUSIC!
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Musical Chairs
STANDING WITH STANDING ROCK
Originally posted on Dogpaddling Through Life:
Friday I went on a hike where I learned about the Trail of Tears. How white people forced the Cherokee to give up their lands and walk from Georgia to Arkansas and eventually to…
HAPPY 184TH BIRTHDAY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT – AND ALL THOSE LITTLE WOMEN
In an alternate universe, Louisa May Alcott would be 184 today. In my alternate universe, we all live — as a matter of course — to at least 200. And because of our extended life span, we are better custodians… Read More ›
GREENING IN MY DINING ROOM
There’s not much going on outside, but in the dining room, we have a new friend and more blossoms on the Christmas cactus. And then, there is the bouquet, still going strong in the living room. And then, there’s the… Read More ›
KOMOREBI AND BOKEH: JAPANESE – THE PHOTOGRAPHY LANGUAGE
When talking about photography, English doesn’t cut it. As it turns out, Japanese does. The Japanese have a word for everything, it seems. I just learned “komorebi.” It means “sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees,” and by extension, the natural… Read More ›
LOSING: IT’S THE FLIP SIDE OF WINNING
It’s not just that Trump won. It’s that we lost. Despite what I’m reading on social media, we didn’t lose only because of faux news, the FBI, unfair press, or badly handled emails, though all of that contributed. We also lost… Read More ›
A PHOTO A WEEK: THANKS!
There’s a lot to be thankful for. Sometimes, it’s good to be reminded. Not everything fits into a photograph, however. In fact, not everything can be photographed at all. A PHOTO A WEEK: THANKFUL
ONE DOG OR TWO? by ELLIN CURLEY
Since we’ve been married, my husband and I have had four dogs, three dogs and two dogs. A few weeks ago we lost our 16-year-old dog, Lucky. Now, for the first time, we are down to one. Our one dog… Read More ›
THE VIEW – BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY
The first photography — the first landscape photography — I loved was in black and white. It was the work of Ansel Adams and it was pictures of our national parks. The mountains, The glories of the American west are forever… Read More ›