Category Archives: Photography

Why do Lands’ End and L.L. Bean have the same cover?

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

That weird synchronicity that saw A Bug’s Life and Antz released just a month apart in fall 1998 strikes again. Look at these two catalogs we just received in the mail. (My husband’s eagle eye caught this.) How did this … Continue reading →

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The Unfamiliar Familiar

Posted on July 16, 2017 by

Lots of memories stirring, first yesterday at a flea market with my mom and then again today at the grocery store. Like these guys, which I never see in my daily life. It wouldn’t shock me to discover that some … Continue reading →

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Southeastern Ohio, Saturday Morning Panorama

Posted on July 15, 2017 by

My sister’s land again. So peaceful here.

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Clouds over the Countryside

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

One thing I don’t like about living in a city is that in the ordinary course of a day you don’t see much of the sky. Buildings and trees block out most of what’s not directly overhead. In the country … Continue reading →

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Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco

Posted on July 12, 2017 by

I’m visiting family this week in southeastern Ohio. This is Appalachian coal and tobacco country, known physiographically as the Allegheny Plateau. I was so happy to see this familiar advertisement on the side of the road this morning that I … Continue reading →

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The sky is bigger than it needs to be

Posted on July 11, 2017 by

Partly sunny? Partly cloudy? Or . . . ?

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Interior Staircase

Posted on April 29, 2017 by

I continue to be fascinated with the construction of the Milwaukee Bucks’ arena. Every week seems to bring some new sign of progress. You can now see a flight of stairs leading upward from the ground floor.

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