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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Showing posts with label photo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photo. Show all posts

Friday, January 29, 2016

Photos of the Day: Not the Hot Seat - January 29, 2015


 What a difference a season
and a snowstorm makes
Usually these seats are hot property
The Spanish Courtyard
Rosen House
Caramoor
January 29, 2015

~photos by iTouch

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Photo of the Day: Clouds on the Coast


July 23, 2014
Oregon Coast ~ Near/at Cannon Beach

Photo by Grumpa Max

Grandmary and Grumpa were on the road a lot this summer. One of their journeys took them down the Oregon coast line. Occasionally they like to share/taunt me with photo attachments in my e-mail inbox. This was one of the more spectacular ones.

Beach + Photography = family shared love/passion

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Photo of the Day: Serenity Now

Buddha at the Rosen House, Caramoor, Katonah, NY

Deep breaths!

Just remember to breathe.



photo via iTouch

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Photo of the Day: 50 Shades of Grey


On the way to the train, Westchester County, NY
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Was it 8:30 in the morning or a full moon-illuminated 8:30 at night? 

It was so foggy that the brightly shining disc couldn't compete.

-iTouch

Monday, December 16, 2013

Modern Era Mobile Test

Hey there,

This is a test of blogging from my iTouch.
  
I am running out of time before I leave for vacation, so I am trying out this new fangled technology to see if it will let me try and manage to document my life on the run! 


Don't like the touchpad but it's better than nothing!

Wow, look at me finally catching up to 5 years ago!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Photo of the Day: Mother Nature is Mixed up

c. Grumpa
This is a shot of the parents' house in St. George, UT yesterday morning. 
The desert of southern Utah, mind you.

Yesterday in NYC it was in the 50s.
Today, supposedly, it was in the 60s, foggy, and balmy. 
I never made it out of the office during the day, 
but I only wore my spring jacket on the commute.
Tomorrow it is to be also in the 50s.

Mother Nature is seriously mixed up!

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Photo of the Day: Families at the Faire

Maker Faire, Saturday, September 21, 2013

Tutus, robots, and children of all ages staring at the Life-Sized Mousetrap
Perfectly illustrating why I love the Faire.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Photo of the day: 3D Printer Art

 Marker Faire, Saturday, September 21, 2013
Portion of work by Shane Hope

3D Printed Paintings of Nanomolecularity

3D printed molecular models and paint on plexiglass.

Shane Hope

Shane Hope nano-nonobjective-oriented ontographically scribbles scriptable-scalable species-tool-beings quacker-castin' computronium-clouds.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Photo of the Day: New York Harbor Highlights

Monday, August 5, 2013,  New York Harbor
Rush Hour on the Water

How many New York City 'landmarks' can you spot?

Staten Island Ferry
Statue of Liberty
Liberty Tower
Brooklyn Bridge

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Photo of the Day: Read me a story

June 19, 2013, Symphony Space
While Neil Gaiman signed frantically, 
way up high in the balcony, 
he sweetly read out loud to her, 
while she tiredly rested her head,
and they patiently waited their turn.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Photo of the Day: When the Snow Flies

March Storm, Thursday, March 7, 2012
I was walking to the train late last night as the snows fell, the dark swallowing up my shadow, blurring me into one of the faceless mass of humanity in the City, being so grateful for this place - New York City - where you can blend into near invisibility. The March snow came down and the words swam up out of my subconscious. Better poets than me say it best.
A winter's day
In a deep and dark December*;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

Don't talk of love,
But I've heard the words before;
It's sleeping in my memory.
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.

~ Paul Simon

 *or March even

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Photo of the Day: Snow Canyon

Snow Canyon, UT; January 27, 2013

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

~ Ella Maillart