Greetings from Sacramento, where the apocalypse seems to have begun… (No, not really. Just playing around with the solarize feature on my phone. And yes, I like that skyscraper a lot. And yes, one of these days I’ll have something substantial to say that isn’t a post with a picture.)
Fiddling around this morning with the phone and discovered how to set the camera in black and white mode. I kinda like this — there’s a solemn majesty in it. As an interesting compare and contrast, here’s a color photo of approximately the same scene I took just prior: Photo by retstak Yah, I think […]
Found this on the ground this morning as I was walking into work. It was part of a larger chalk drawing. It made me laugh. There’s more to say, but I’m gathering thoughts right now. Maybe later. [This entry is also serving to test the new crossposter. If this works, this entry should show up […]
[walled-garden. Please don’t talk about this outside of here.] Because I know that time is always time And place is always and only place And what is actual is actual only for one time And only for one place I rejoice that things are as they are and I renounce the blessèd face And renounce […]
Thursday was Jill’s birthday. So, today, we celebrate with the epic roadtrip taking the new car from https://www.haltermansrv.com/ for a beautiful break. From my house near Roseville, we drive to Placerville, and from there to Markleeville in Alpine County, back up to South Lake Tahoe, to Reno via Carson City, and then straight down 80 […]
I meant to post this for you all a couple days ago, when I took it. This is Ebony-kitty. Unfortunately, my camera seems to have added a lot of noise to the photo, which is why I’m showing you a smaller picture. That said, it’s still a great photo of her. The startled look is […]
This is simply awesome (although my Republican friends might not think so…): (Hat tip to Steve Benen over at Political Animal for the link.)
At work. Trying to work. Somewhat succeeding. But this gave me a laugh. My gummy worms have faces on them! Anyway, work is sucking today, big time. So I need as many shiny smilies as possible.
I’ve been running around like crazy the last few weeks between the camping trip and then the trip to Redding to paint grandma’s house, but I wanted to come up for a gasp of air and say, “HEY! I’m alive!” I’ve got some photos I want to post, but they’re with my laptop at home […]
Went camping this last weekend. This was Friday night’s sunset. (Don’t worry, the plant is decommissioned!) Going to Redding on a bit of a “vacation” this coming weekend. So yeah, I’ve mostly been silent because I’ve been busy. That’s about it. But now I have my laptop back, and might have a chance to type […]
[walled-garden] Welcome to the Walled Garden. Yeah, that’s what I’m calling this particular space, because it’s just private enough. If you’re seeing this, you’ve either commented on one of my last two posts or you’re somebody whom I trust implicitly anyway (or whom I talk about this stuff on another media). Anyway, I was going […]
[friends-only] [this got long. plz read.] So, I’ve had a lot of interesting responses to last night’s question. The addendum I seem to be pondering is thus: Does the answer to the question change if it’s mental and/or emotional abuse? You know, screw it. I think I’ll just stop beating around the bushes and actually […]
…yeah. I’m around, just not here and not in a lot of my other haunts. I’ve been out getting fresh air and dealing with a lot of the related crap therapy brings up. No biggie, just if anybody cared why the radio silence, that sums it up. I’m a little sore right now. You see, […]
While stumbling around geocaching yesterday, I found this in the park I was searching: I open the floor to y’all.