Terry on Christmas Eve
I just love this picture of my friend Terry from Xmas Eve. Today, I (mostly) followed the steps in the antiquing tutorial up on Digital Photography School and now, I might love it even more.
Fish Wednesday: Messy Kitchen Edition
It seems like all we do around here lately is make a mess in the kitchen and clean it up again. While husband is hell bent on reproducing the Christmas cookies of his youth, I have Fish Wednesday to tackle, and we’re getting ready for a party, too. Bake, wash. Chop, wash. Stew, wash. Mix, …
Five things reviews
Big screen: Night at the Museum Ben Stiller must work out because he appears to really haul ass in that one scene. I don’t care. If it has Owen Wilson in it, I’ll watch it. Earth Wind and Fire is always good party music. I’ve never worked a solo night shift and that’s probably a …
Retrospective
January: Founding of the Aigen Ukulele Players Association. Membership: 2. February:A trip to Venice at the start of Carnival blows my mind. Thank you, Sabine. March: Huh, that’s weird. I have a job in Salzburg. April: Total strangers invite us to Passover in Graz. It is a perfection for which I am still grateful. Thank …
In Search of Something Real
Authenticity. It’s the buzzword of the enlightened traveler. We seek the genuine experience, something unspoiled by commercialism or prior visitors; we seek the perfect interaction with the culture we’re visiting. Maybe our fantasy is to be adopted by a tribe, to receive some kind of acknowledgment that we’re not just another camera toting white shoe …