Monthly Archives: May 2019

Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 3

Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 3 Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 3 — Read on brandonraykirk.com/2019/05/29/interview-of-jean-hatfield-at-sarah-ann-wv-2001-part-3/ In case you’ve read Parts 1 and 2 already (which I shared the other day) … Continue reading

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Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 2

Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 2 Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 2 — Read on brandonraykirk.com/2019/05/28/interview-of-jean-hatfield-at-sarah-ann-wv-2001-part-2/ And here is the link to “Part 2.” If you’re a history buff, you might … Continue reading

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Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 1

Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 1 Interview of Jean Hatfield at Sarah Ann, WV (2001), Part 1 — Read on brandonraykirk.com/2019/05/26/interview-of-jean-hatfield-at-sarah-ann-wv-2001/ I follow some super interesting bloggers, and Brandon Ray Kirk always posts interesting history (lots … Continue reading

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“Not so much costumes as a bit of plumbing and general automobile engineering”

So said John Mollo in his acceptance speech at the Oscars after winning the Academy Award for Costume Design in 1978 for his work on Star Wars. What reminded me of this marvelous quote was a vehicle I walked past … Continue reading

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Bicycle with Shadow Sharrow

Today I learned the official name for a certain ubiquitous graphic painted on the bike lanes of city streets: “sharrow.” A “sharrow”— in case you also didn’t know what to call this thing you’ve surely seen many times—is the “signage” … Continue reading

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Abstract optical games

I took this photo two weeks ago because the reflected light was so striking. And then I promptly forgot all about it until the other night when I was at Boswell Books to see Austin Kleon. As the event began, … Continue reading

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A nice midweek break

Last night after work I met my friend, Karen, for dinner on the East Side (which is how we Milwaukeeans refer to the area bounded by the lake on the east, the river on the west, Capitol Drive on the … Continue reading

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