Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Regrets, Junk Food, and Forgetfulness
Yesterday was an anniversary with special significance for R. and out of respect for her privacy, I’ll leave it at that. It’s enough to say that it was a difficult day for her, and thus a difficult day for me. Some people take pleasure in their memories and for others it’s a constant replay of [...]
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Texas Fence Lizard
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I had this photo accepted as stock yesterday, which really pleases me because you all know how much I like to take this kind of picture. Click on the thumb and you can really see the “expression” on his face and his fetching brown eyes.
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Sunday, March 29th, 2009
Netflixed into Bliss
Sometimes I marvel at my own odd duck state of being. I’d just as likely turn down a free hotel stay in some posh joint, but I have been made blissfully happy by a cheap adapter that is allowing me to use an external monitor with the MacBook. It’s like the Bijou has moved into [...]
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
New Monitor Arrangement
Day 261 of 365
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
Okay, here’s what things look like in my closet office now.
In the background is an old HP flat panel monitor now hooked up to the MacBook, which is sitting on my lap. One marvelous little adapter was all it [...]
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
My Hidey Hole
My tiny office closet is developing into a lovely oasis, one in which I enjoy spending my afternoons working. At first, R. felt neglected by the new working schedule, but she has admitted that her own irregular awakenings make mornings difficult for me and the sound level that her deafness necessitates from the television makes [...]
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
Truly Haven’t Forgotten the Blog
Day 260 of 365
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
It’s just been a busy week with little to report beyond the fact that I sit in my little closet office all afternoon every day writing, writing, writing, writing — cleaning up pictures, cleaning up pictures — writing, writing, [...]
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
The Untimely Demise of a Gnat
Untimely Death
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
You do wonder what drove him to do it. To dive into all that chemical laden foam and end it all.
Maybe you have to wonder more what drove me to pick up the camera and then to Photoshop this isolated image.
The [...]
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
It Ain’t Easy Being Green
My regular readers may recall that recently we replaced R.’s defunct ten-year-old microwave with a perfectly functional, cheap GE from WalMart. I’ve been toting the old one around in the back of the van, resisting the urge to covertly chuck it in a dumpster. Yesterday, armed with a set of instructions from Google, I headed [...]
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Looking for Bright Spots
In what has otherwise been a fairly difficult Sunday, I can at least report that none of the electronics in my life have turned on me. That has to count for something.
First, I let myself sleep a little bit. This is never a good thing and I should resist the urge to do it. R. [...]
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
A Lucky Sunday Shot
Day 255 of 365
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
I spent my morning reading articles about maximizing images from the kind of camera I’m currently using. Having just finished a tutorial on natural light, I used my most willing subjects to practice some of the ideas.
Picture this. I’m [...]
