This is a piece I wrote in the late 90’s, when I was living in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California. It is filled with dated cultural references; which is actually one of the things I like about it. But it also has a few tidbits of wisdom, which I thought worth the read:...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tonight Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away. I do not want to address the politics involved in her dying, at this moment in time, and I am not qualified to eulogize her life. But I have held on to this cover, of the Los Angeles Times, since October 2, 1993, when she...
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Imperfect Pictures Some With Words and Others Without There are many reasons I snap a photograph. I have previously written about the sheer joy of volume that digital photography provides us with; for me, the opportunity to get the “perfect picture” because I can take a dozen shots, in the moment, and later...
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The Joy of Wonder! It began innocently enough; Kate was talking to Annaka, Thaddaeus, and Enoch about artificial intlligence and computer coding, when Annaka said she would like to build a robot. Annaka went over to the chalk board and drew her robot: Kate of course said we can do...
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“Be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons.” ~ Savannah Larsen ~ Going through my files of photographs, I found this picture, which I of course composed and took. It reminded me of a quote I had read the night before. “Be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons.” ~ Savannah Larsen...
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The Compass Rose Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit Michigan Portland Headlight, Cape Elizabeth Maine Aloha Clock Tower, Hawaii United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland In front of the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Fairchild Gardens, Miami, Florida Welcome Center off...
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For Caroline Cobre, Oriente, Cuba http://www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/ocobre/indexe.htm April 27, 1948 — saved; April 27, 1949 — baptized in the Holy Spirit; December 25, 1948 — baptized in water 408 53 St. West, Apt. 10 New York, New York (1957) 555 E. Elizabeth, Brownsville, Texas, c/o Rev. H. Glenn Smith (1958) 26 Calle...
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When on the Road I do not have a good explanation for why it has taken me so long to begin to compile this list; but after too many bad meals, worse hotels, and aimless searches for a food truck in Fayetteville, which we are certain is parked in place that...
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Writer’s Homes Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House 399 Lexington Road Concord, Massachusetts 01742 The Beat Museum 540 Broadway San Francisco, California 94133 William Cullen Bryant Homestead 207 Bryant Road Cummington, Massachusetts 01026 Pearl S. Buck Birthplace P.O. Box 126 Hillsboro, West Virginia 24946 Pearl S. Buck House Pearl...
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My Venture into Sculpting I had always wanted to sculpt, and one day, with a few extra dollars in my bag, I was at Aaron Brothers, and bought a small piece of clay and a few tools, just for fun. I made this piece for my sister, Joy ...
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