The Big Swinger Polaroid Cameras at MIT We went to see an exhibit on technology, at MIT, in Boston; I was expecting this to be an outing more centered on Kate’s interest and not that I would see my first camera – well not mine, but one just like mine....
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“The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a great danger to the privacy of the individual.” ~ Chief Justice Earl Warren ~ Privacy? “All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.” ~ Gabriel García Márquez ~ I have been thinking a lot about privacy lately. I have never been...
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Yet Another View from a Rest Stop The View from the Road is usually one picture which tells a story, on its own. This month, I offer you a series of photographs, which on their own very much tell a story; but which viewed together, as they were shot, offer a much...
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Here is to the Joy of Cards! I have worked very hard to reduce solicitation and business mail from my life; but I still love receiving personal greetings on paper! I keep cards and letters, and always enjoy re-reading an old note, from a loved soul. The world of e-cards and facebook congratulations and...
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Plantain Soup This is a wonderful first course for either a very typical Latin American dinner of pork, black beans and white rice, or if serving fish cooked in a sofrito, or it is a soup hearty enough to serve as a meal. I use a lot of coriander, as I love the...
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The Longfellow Garden “We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~ Portland, Maine, which was once part of Massachusetts, has a very walkable downtown area which includes the first private home to become a museum in...
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Sitting at the beach is both calming and invigorating – thus magical. If you cannot get to the sea today, take a few minutes to listen to waves crashing on the shore; you may find yourself feeling extremely peaceful, yet astonishingly motivated to reach out and capture your dreams.
Spider! ‘ ‘I walked out into the yard one evening, and found this little spider hard at work. I could not believe that he had attached his web to grass! These pictures do a better job of capturing the web than the spider, but I do not think he will mind if we spend...
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A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou are, to dust thou returnest,...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Black Spruce Ledge (Lobstering Off Black Spruce Ledge) by N. C. Wyeth There are times, when words fail to describe the explosion of emotion, which color and brush strokes, from a masters hands,...
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