Month: February 2017

  • Good Books: March Trilogy

    I picked up March: Book One the other day and enjoyed it so much that I picked up book 2 today. March is a graphic novel trilogy about Congressman John Lewis’s life and involvement in the Civil Rights movement. The third book in the trilogy won several book awards this year: The National Book Award…

  • Weeding

    Today’s photoblog post revisits my One Pinhole A Day project. I brought my camera to work with me and pinholed the books piling up on the book truck as I weeded them. You can follow more of this project on my photography website’s blog. ——— Geeky Bits: Camera: Terrapin Bijou Film: Kodak Ektachrome Exposure time:…

  • Some people feel the rain…

    I am feeling very foggy brained today and have nothing to offer except this: I figured out how to make a gif out of a live photo! AND I can use it as a featured photo on WordPress!! \o/

  • “Nevertheless, she persisted”

    Last night on the Senate floor Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced by Senator Mitch McConnell as she tried to read the letter that Corretta Scott King wrote in 1986 criticizing Jeff Sessions and his treatment of African Americans in Alabama using his power as a Judge there. In defiance, Oregon (yay) Senator Jeff Merkley took…

  • Pussy hats galore

    In my post about the Women’s March I talked a little bit about the lead up to the march and my indifference. At the time, I didn’t see the point of protesting. I didn’t see how it could accomplish anything. As I pondered these thoughts I kept seeing these hats pop up on my IG…