It’s really raining. I has been raining very steadily since yesterday morning and it’s raining even harder now. Not much wind, but I guess all that water in the dying tree back behind the deck has made the branches heavier… Read More ›
Month: September 2022
BLOGGING AS AN EXERCISE IN WRITING?
Blogging Insights NF # 53 — ‘Finger exercises’ In all the years I took lessons and practiced piano, my teacher never gave me finger exercises. She gave me music to play that would accomplish the same purpose. She felt “making… Read More ›
SHARING IN THE RAIN
Share Your World 6th of September It is raining. Not a sprinkle. Not a quick cloudburst. Real rain starting quite early and continuing. It was raining hard earlier and is now raining steadily, but not “tropical.” The rain is supposed to… Read More ›
THE LAW by JIM BUTCHER
The Law: A Dresden Files Novella (Dresden Files, Book 17.5) This is a long novella at 3 hours 22 minutes. I slow the reading down by 10% anyway, which made it as long as many books now called “full” books…. Read More ›
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
FOTD – September 4 – Where have all the flowers gone? I went out this morning to feed the birds and water the plants. The plants looked strange. The yellow begonias had flowers, but it was thin on leaves. The ruffled… Read More ›
GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK
Thanks for your service, by Rich Paschall He had been in the business for almost 40 years. The last twenty-seven of those with the same company. He liked his job and thought he was good at it. In just a… Read More ›
APPROACHING AN ANNIVERSARY
I woke up this morning having a conversation with someone in a dream. I was explaining how Garry wanted a “real” wedding while I wanted to elope. So of course, we had a “real” wedding. Garry told me what he… Read More ›
SIGNS OF TIMELESSNESS
CBWC: Black & White Signs Signs of the times – the now, the other, the timeless.
FRUITFUL
CMMC – August 5th Week – Fruit This is a very fruitful post!
WHAT WOULD STEVE McQUEEN HAVE DONE?
It must be payback. Karma, hubris, or both. For more than 30 years, I drove a succession of fully loaded convertibles with Steve McQueen in my brain. Once, I was racing to a story in the dead of night when… Read More ›
THE BAD BUDDY PHENOMENON
“From two people who can’t be friends, without knowing it, we become two people who can’t be just friends.” Pran, Episode 11 It’s a simple story, really. It has some of the common elements of other BL series. It is… Read More ›
ONE TO THREE: TEXTURES AND VARIATIONS OF MORNING LIGHT
One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge – September 2022 All of these were taken on my Olympus Pen F using a 12-200mm Olympus Telephoto lens. Time? Just about 6 am. When? August 28, 2022. This is the best standard original plus its… Read More ›
LAST ON THE CARD
Last on the card – August 2022 Well. For once I had a “last” on all three cameras I’m currently using. This first one is one of the rare ones that comes out exactly the way you want it and wouldn’t… Read More ›
HOME OR OFFICE? IT’S A NON-ISSUE
Fandango’s Provocative Question #180 I don’t believe it. They “fixed” this format again. I hated it before and now, I hate it even more. Will their cruelty never end? You can’t get anyone to fix a problem, but you can bet… Read More ›
BRIGHT BEGONIAS
FOTD – September 1 – Begonia I wasn’t going to do this one today, but when I saw BEGONIA, well, who could resist? I have one delicious beautiful yellow begonia that looks like huge yellow roses. I feel happier every time… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 