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Ilse (age 14) and I were in London and she wanted to go on a bus tour. It was not something I ever would have done because I hated being visibly marked as a tourist. (I’m less self-conscious now than I was then.) She was grumpy about everything, as only a fourteen year old can… Continue reading Throwback Thursday →

Sometimes I just use this blog as a notebook or commonplace book to save things I want to think about. This Interview article, “Amending American History with Titus Kaphar” by Eloise Blondiau (Dec. 2016) is one. In one example of his work (screenshot above), the artist Titus Kaphar copied a painting of the founder of… Continue reading Titus Kaphar →

The sign at Gibbet Hill says it may be “the oldest place on Earth you have ever been.” The rocks there are 550 million years old, 100 million years older than the Appalachian Mountains, and over 400 million years older than the Rockies. I stood there today, looking out over the city of St. John’s, enjoying… Continue reading Gibbet Hill, “the oldest place you’ve ever been” →

I’ve been spending this first evening of the new year reading nature essays by the light of the Christmas tree as a blizzard brews outside. In the comments on “The Greatest Nature Essay Ever,” by Brian Doyle, in Orion Magazine, someone wrote, “Who made the b/w photographic image at the head of your column? When you… Continue reading “The Greatest Nature Essay Ever” and Lucy Goodhart, Photographer →

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I was working on my laptop and online all day today so that means some random web surfing between jobs (and, to be honest, during jobs as well). I came across three items that relate to my blog theme of film, photography and storytelling. A road trip: Every week the NFB posts a selection of… Continue reading A road trip, religion and science, and some elevator pitches →

You can also see my friends’ Wordless Wednesday photos at: Carin Makuz Cheryl Andrews Sheila Yeoman Louella Lester

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You can also see my friends’ Wordless Wednesday photos at: Allyson Latta Allison Howard Carin Makuz

You can also see my friends’ Wordless Wednesday photos at: Allison Howard Barbara Lambert Carin Makuz