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Sir Nikolas Cameron and I took a trip out to the garden to see what we could create. The buds that I had originally intended to shoot turned out not to be photogenic, at least to the extent I was willing to work with them while fighting the ants. (All of the small biting critters … Read more
I sat down to write. No words. (I am rarely a woman with no words, especially when confronted by a fresh document.) So I went to things I’d started before to see if I could work on one of those. Nope. List of ideas? No good ones. And then I had a couple of conversations … Read more
A mailing list I’m on had a link that interested me, so I clicked through. The post that I was redirected to had ads interspersed between the paragraphs, ads in a side bar, and an ad at the bottom of the screen. The lead image is a screen shot from one portion of a similar … Read more
One of the dogs is nervous all the time and rarely will hang around when the camera comes out. (It makes noise! Scary!) But I caught one of him before he hid. The other was lounging on a pillow and didn’t care one way or another if I took his picture. I was able to … Read more
Variations on a meme go around every now and then, and I saw it again recently: Without relentlessly criticizing, could we let people have their pumpkin spice, and avocado toast, and their fandoms, and their D&D, and their too-early-Halloween decorations, and whatever little harmless things in which they’ve managed to find a tiny shriveled flower … Read more
Rocket Kid did some week-long theatre day camps over the summer, each of which ended with a performance in their classroom. Classes were small, and the teachers held the performance until each child had someone in the audience to see them. Due to COVID mitigation strategies, each child was permitted two audience members. Chairs were … Read more
After last week’s post, a local friend gave me a gadget I could potentially use to hold the matches, ideally yielding a better finished product. It definitely worked. I’ve still not captured exactly what I see in my mind’s eye, but these are better than last week. The lighting and the background are different as … Read more
The big news recently has been about Simone Biles’ decision to pull out of the team gymnastics final. I’ve had the opportunity to read several thoughtful pieces written by people in support of Biles’ decision, and I’ve learned a lot. I had no issue with her decision without knowing the things I’ve learned. She knows … Read more
It’s been a while since a podcast smacked me hard enough to write about it, but this one had at least half a dozen moments that caught my attention. I hadn’t listened to Armchair Expert in a while and was scrolling through missed episodes to see if any jumped out at me. There’s a 10-episode … Read more
I saw a macro photo of two burning matches and wanted to try to recreate it or make something similar. My results weren’t what I’d hoped for, but they’re decent. Part of the problem was that I didn’t have anything to hold the matches. I took many shots with one match instead of two, then … Read more