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I want to write a blog post about this image. I made it recently as a test of my new camera. I keep staring at it. It is so quiet and peaceful. I know it is just an empty room, but I love the light and the solitude. I love the lineup of chairs. As if to suggest visitors are…

Right out of the box, unretouched and touched up. So no, my forehead isn’t that smooth. I have this software that gives one smooth, porcelain like complexion. Gave myself some color, warmed the background and voila… a more presentable me. A friend of mine calls it the spa treatment. Thing about digital is that it is really quite harsh as…

I had great time with both my cousin visiting and my friend from Oregon. Lot of nice talks and walks. And photo making too. My friend from Oregon posed an interesting question while we were viewing my archives. I was showing her my piles of old film from my stock photo days. I have labored over what to do with…

Yes, I did see Jaws 86 times. The summer of 1975 I had a co-op job in Baltimore. I shared an apartment with another student from UC working at the same firm. But we never hung out and I got kind of bored, so I got a job at nearby theatre as an usher. I was paid 2 bucks an…

An interesting image popped up on my phone, in that cute little way that the iPhone wants you to remember your memories. It was a night photo of the Big W at the University entrance taken in the fall of 2020. Height of the pandemic, not a soul in sight. I thought it was a pretty cool image and wondered…

I assume you are home from your travels. I spoke with Anne this past week and I think she said she had talked to you and you gave her my cell number. Thank you for that. We dumped our land line ages ago and I guess she still had that as our number. I called her the previous week and…

I also found these old photos. Some you have maybe seen. Our grandmother Mabel. Our great grandparents and even our great great grandparents. Did Mabel ever tell you the story about her father Rufus (what a great name) and how he died laughing? Playing checkers at a family gathering after church in August of 1932. My mother told me the…