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Opinionated writer with hopes for a better future for all plus a big helping of cynicism.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT OLYMPUS?
Last August, there was an announcement that Olympus was selling a part of their organization to another Japanese finance company and that the cameras would move to the new company while Olympus put their emphasis in medical instrumentation. Clearly there… Read More ›
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RUMINATING ON REALITY: YEAR ZERO, A NOVEL BY ROB REID
When in 2012, Rob Reid wrote Year Zero, a science fiction novel about the music business and its impact on the universe, many people sat up and took notice. Who better to write about the Byzantine complexities of the music… Read More ›
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HELPING WHO AND WHEN (AND MAYBE WHY)
Fandango’s Provocative Question #97 Who gets your help? My mother always told me (not that I believed her), that you had to take care of yourself first because no one else would. I eventually, after many years and personal disasters… Read More ›
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NOT EXACTLY A NORMAN ROCKWELL THANKSGIVING
For those of you who think Norman Rockwell only painted idealized images of white people, he didn’t. His idealized images are popular, but he painted many other, harder-edged pictures. The soft and sweet ones were done for magazines who would… Read More ›
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GROWING INTO THE HOLIDAYS
FOTD – November 26 – First bloom is ending, but another is getting ready Now I’m glad I took a few extra pictures. The cactus bloomed so completely and so quickly, I figured this bloom would end. I didn’t know… Read More ›
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A SHORT EXCERPT FROM TODAY’S BOSTON GLOBE
This piece from yesterday’s Boston Globe hit me like a rock in the head. I understand we are all frustrated, grouchy, and possibly poor — and suffering poverty and helplessness in the face of this pandemic. That being said, I… Read More ›
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NON-WHITE AMERICA IN NORMAN ROCKWELL’S PAINTINGS By JANE ALLEN PETRICK
Jane Allen Petrick has written a wonderful book about Norman Rockwell, the artist, and his work. It focuses on the “invisible people” in his painting, the non-white children and adults who are his legacy. For many readers, this book will be an eye-opener… Read More ›
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LIVING IN THE WILDS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Compared to most places in the Commonwealth, this is a very modestly priced place to live. That’s how come we wound up here. We could afford a house and some land, too for less than a tiny condo cost anywhere… Read More ›
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THOSE MUDEROUS CROWS
Garry came running out of the bathroom. “Go look at the feeders!!” I went and there were hundreds of crows all over my deck, the rails, the trees. Literally hundreds. You could barely see the deck for all the crows… Read More ›
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BACKYARD BIRDS AT PLAY
The birds were having a high old time. Eating lots of their favorite feed. Bumping around with other birds (“Hey, it’s MY feeder!”) or practicing freefalling from the feeder. Great game. You fold your wings closed and just fall off… Read More ›
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SHOE SHOPPING WITHOUT SHOE STORES – #SYW – NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Share Your World 11-23-2020 Oh what a time we are living in! Here’s a nugget that I’m sure everyone will “get.” I had an appointment to get my teeth cleaned, x-rayed, and have a crumbling tooth checked out. I’m worried that… Read More ›
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THE DAY OF THE NEW CAMERA
It isn’t a new camera in the sense that it was never used before, but it’s close enough! I hasn’t been used much and this is the first time I’ve gotten a new camera and immediately seen an improvement in… Read More ›
