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Old Photograph Scanning, and digital botox
I was chosen by my family, perhaps because I’m an “artist”, to visit my mom and go through the piles of old photographs. Everyone wants the photographs “scanned” and put up on a Flickr account where they will be archived… Read More ›
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Skeptical Moai is Skeptical
My son took an existing picture of the Moai of Easter Island (which I can find all over the Internet but cannot find attribution), and added a little something. Fans of James Randi may recognize his pose on the right… Read More ›
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“NONE SHALL PASS!”, and why Maryland needs a new flag
I have been put in charge of helping scan and update the old family photographs. I’ve really enjoyed seeing some of the truly old ones, the ones of relatives in big hats and fancy clothing we aren’t quite sure the… Read More ›
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I Can’t Draw a Picture But I Can Make a Quilt – Friday Flicks
This picture is from sometime around 1995. I made this quilt and took it to my friend’s house, where she took a snapshot, which I later scanned, and then lost through a series of computer crashes. (Note: digital pictures aren’t… Read More ›
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No worries November….
The wee cabin has been the subject of a few blog posts. This year is the latest we have been able to use the cabin, having installed a small heater that we run while we are gone. We have arrived… Read More ›
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The Key
justpaperskater and I exchange stories by giving each other a word which is the seed for the next correspondence. This is my response to her choice of “Key.” It was 1988 and I had just moved to Salt Lake City…. Read More ›
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One day you learn the only stars are in the heavens, or we’re all part of an ensemble cast
Please note, 100% of this post is ye olde fiction Gravediggers “Punch’ -1917 Scene – England 1600 Setting- Globe Theatre, London How Two Ensemble Players Save Shakespeare’s Ass Gravedigger actor, Hamlet #1 “Alas, poor Yorick, I know these lines will… Read More ›
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In Flanders fields the poppies blow
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below We are the Dead. Short days ago We… Read More ›
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Friday Flick: Thanks for Serving
My relative from Maryland in his uniform. Civil War, we aren’t sure if he’s the one we have a few letters from or not, so unsure of his name. (any suggestions what the ribbon means?) WWI, have cigar, will travel!… Read More ›
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What’s a Grit?
What’s wrong with dried corn, ground up and cooked? A Southern writer, Lewis Grizzard, once opined that the best way to send Northerners away was to feed them instant, unbuttered, unsalted grits. I’m not a True Southerner™ since Texas is… Read More ›
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