IS THERE ANY NEWS WITHOUT THE ORANGE MENACE?

Over the past four years, we've become addicted to the Orange Menace. Whether you hated or loved him, he was our national -- international -- soap opera. No longer did we need to wait for an event or calamity to occur. We had our own political climate changer who was sufficiently deranged that we never … Continue reading IS THERE ANY NEWS WITHOUT THE ORANGE MENACE?

THERE’S ALWAYS A PICTURE WHEN YOU NEED ONE, RIGHT?

I always tell people you can always find a picture to take if you have a camera and an imagination. The other day, for no reason (except that it was pouring outside), I wandered around the house with my fastest lens -- a Sigma 30mm f1.4 and took pictures of this, that, and that other … Continue reading THERE’S ALWAYS A PICTURE WHEN YOU NEED ONE, RIGHT?

HOW MUCH WORSE CAN 2020 GET? HOW ABOUT RENUMBERING ALL OUR ROADS?

If you don't live in Massachusetts, nonetheless, every state is doing this. Despite understanding -- in theory -- why they are doing it, it is going to be a real mess. Because MapQuest, Google, and every single GPS isn't going to know where they are. Owen said they made these changes more than two years … Continue reading HOW MUCH WORSE CAN 2020 GET? HOW ABOUT RENUMBERING ALL OUR ROADS?

TULIPS IN DECEMBER

FOTD – December 4 – Tulip I no longer grow tulips. I did. Until a couple of years ago, I got a bunch of them each year. They never seemed to be the same color twice. One year, they were all red or pink. Another year, yellow. Not a huge number of them, but I planted … Continue reading TULIPS IN DECEMBER