Hipstamatic
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Train trip to the big city.
I’m a bit of a train nut. This time, however, it was Ry’s idea. So we drove over to Homewood to catch the IC. Great memories for me, my mom and I would take the same line downtown to shop at Field’s. That was when the cars were deep green, noisy, one level, hot, and… Continue reading
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Yippee!!! They’re all back in!!!
Elise and I walked the halls of Carl Sandberg HS last night for our middle daughter’s first semester as a freshman. My takeaways…. I sure hope she has a good pair of shoes for getting through that monstrous place and school lockers haven’t changed much. Got me thinking… with all the changes we’ve seen in the… Continue reading
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The Comfy Spot
Looks like the idyllic spot for a photo…. but I couldn’t get any of the kids to sit. I think they have been watching too many horror movies. Continue reading
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Free Bowling
An early image from my phone project. It’s interesting what you find when you’re looking. The phone is a great camera, particularly since it’s the one I have with me the most and it’s already paid for. I was raised in the days of film where every frame was precious. You only had 12 or 36… Continue reading
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Are We Not Men?
We are Devo! All he needs is the yellow chemical suite. Ry and I visiting the Coke Museum in Atlanta during Tae Kwon Do national tournament last year Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955