Pictures

The Tragedy of New Socks

September 28, 2010

(Click on image for larger copy.) Last week I broke down and bought myself some new socks. It had come to the point where most of a certain bunch of socks had holes in the heels, and were working on complete disintegration on the bottom. They were headed toward the state of being more absent [...]

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Do You Dream in Color?

September 24, 2010

Someone recently commented to me that they dream in vivid colors. This made me stop and think: Do I dream in color? Since it is hard to recall a whole collection of dreams in detail, on the spot, it is hard to give a scientific answer. But my best recollection is this–Sometimes, I definitely dream [...]

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My Day in Comic Form

September 23, 2010

Spent four hours up on a ladder painting. Instead of writing about that, I supply you with this comic rendition: Click on the image for larger, better, copy.

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January Deluge

February 4, 2010

On Monday, January 25th the daytime temperature climbed to 50F, and it rained. A lot. With the ground still frozen and the snow rapidly melting, we were caught in a deluge. Behind the house, Choconut Creek rose rapidly in a flash flood. The water, murky and violent, was almost dizzying to watch up close as [...]

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What Pictures Say

December 31, 2009

There is the old familiar saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” The sentiment is only partly true. A picture of the Grand Canyon can convey its physical appearance far more clearly than a thousand words. But a picture tells you very little about what someone thought about the Grand Canyon. If someone brings [...]

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Autumn Walk

October 12, 2009

On Sunday I went for a walk. It was a brisk fall day, the perfect day for an Autumn walk. The clouds scuttled across the sky, the sun breaking out in bursts as I made my way up Grippen Hill. Leaves fell in herald of the coming winter, and my thoughts drifted a bit, thinking [...]

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My Muse

September 5, 2009

The alternate title for this is “My Literary Output” because of late my output has been comparable to this. I found this Royal Typewriter while walking down by the creek. I was greatly amused, not only to find an old typewriter, but in pondering and imagining how it ended up sitting on the bank of [...]

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March Sun

March 24, 2009

Today it is supposed to get up to high in the lower 40′s. Tomorrow, up into the fifties. This morning it started out with a sharp chill, but now as the morning wanes toward noon the temperature is around freezing. The sky is crystal clear, an azure blue with the sun brightly shining. It is [...]

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