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Monthly Archives: August 2015
How Dion survived the day the music died
In the home section of yesterday’s Wall Street Journal—or, more accurately, the “Mansion” section (it is, after all, The Wall Street Journal 🙂 )—singer Dion DiMucci talks about growing up in the Bronx, with parents who often fought over the $36 … Continue reading
Better Than Brownies (#tbt)
In the “First Course” column of yesterday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel food section, editor Nancy Stohs ran a story about a brownie recipe from “Miss Petey” that was so popular with readers that it was published several times over the years, its first … Continue reading
Posted in Food, History, Life
Tagged "Better Than Brownies" recipe, #tbt, baking, brownies, great-grandparents, Newcomerstown, nostalgia
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The Magic of Light (on Porcelain Insulators)
As every photographer knows, the key to capturing beautiful images is light. Even more important, also as every photographer knows, is having your camera ready at all times. This is the second time I’ve noticed a really stunning display of light … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged lighting in photography, porcelain insulators, power lines, utility pole
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The American West or What I did on summer vacation (Take 2)
A wonderful post by my friend Sally, in which she visits an old-time saloon in a small Montana town, left behind to vanish almost completely when the railroad abandoned its tracks, to report a cow on the road separated by … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life, Travel
Tagged abandoned towns, American West, history, Montana
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After the line went dead
It took only a few seconds for me to figure out what function this alcove most likely used to serve. But a few years from now, there will be young adults who have no memory of pay phones.
