Advances in Photography
I finished that photography course I had bought a while back. What I learned is there are way too many things to keep track of in taking a good photo. As I mentioned, there are three...
Monthly Archive: May 2014
#10 and Friends
Another emotional event in the month of May. This time Heather’s graduation. First, a little bit about #10. She is quite a bit like me. The determination, the high standards, the withering stares when...
More Fun with Electricity
My mother had some extra light fixtures that she gave me, and she came over to help me install one of them. We were not going to put up the second one because the...
Master Moody
It’s now official. My daughter is smarter than me. She received her masters this past weekend, and this is the stack of books I found on her desk: Of course, the fact that she...
Pretty Shady
Well, I’m ready to move again. And it’s not because of the snow, or ice, or deer. It’s because of the shade. The solar company figured out we only get sun on the roof...
Happy Mother’s Day…
To my mother who was a far better mom than she gives herself credit for. And it’s a little scary how much like her I am. Quote in Saturday’s Globe: “If you want to...
Mix and Match
I’ve been obsessed with the yard the past few days. I’ve been moving bushes around like crazy. It all started with that tree I had removed. I needed to put something in that spot....
Health Care
I watched The Waiting Room, a documentary that covers 24 hours at an emergency room in a public hospital that cares for patients who are typically uninsured. (It’s available on NetFlix.) Regardless of what...