IOOF Cemetery, Golconda, Illinois
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
"Quack!" said Jerusha
I'm looking for this book or an anthology containing this poem. I've only recently found the author, Mildred Plew Merryman.
The poem's most memorable line (to me at least):
Some day, I'd like to use that quote in a restaurant review.
Amazon.com: "Quack!" said Jerusha: Books: Mildred Plew Merryman
The poem's most memorable line (to me at least):
"Quack! said Jerusha. I like my taters smashed."
Some day, I'd like to use that quote in a restaurant review.
Amazon.com: "Quack!" said Jerusha: Books: Mildred Plew Merryman
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
''Making Meaning'' with Guy Kawasaki at eBay Live
''Making Meaning'' with Guy Kawasaki at eBay Live
My schedule didn't permit me to attend eBay Live, going on in Las Vegas now until tomorrow night. Missing Guy Kawasaki's session is just one of the reasons for my disappointment. Another is the missed opportunity to attend as a PowerSeller.
Follow-on note, June 16:
Based on reports from Live attendees, I'm somewhat relieved to have avoided a crowd of 15,000 eBayers.
I do look forward to eBay Live 2007 in Boston, as New England offers many more enticements that might convince my family to travel with me.
My schedule didn't permit me to attend eBay Live, going on in Las Vegas now until tomorrow night. Missing Guy Kawasaki's session is just one of the reasons for my disappointment. Another is the missed opportunity to attend as a PowerSeller.
Follow-on note, June 16:
Based on reports from Live attendees, I'm somewhat relieved to have avoided a crowd of 15,000 eBayers.
I do look forward to eBay Live 2007 in Boston, as New England offers many more enticements that might convince my family to travel with me.
Parlor Press: Writing Travel
Googling my domain name, writingtravel.com, I discovered "Writing Travel," a series by Parlor Press in Chapel Hill, NC.
Parlor Press is an independent publisher and distributor of scholarly and trade books in high quality print and digital formats.
Writing Travel
Series Editor
Jeanne Moskal
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Parlor Press announces a new series, "Writing Travel." We seek manuscripts related to the new field of travel studies. Proposals for books on any of the following are welcome:
- Original travel writing
- Editions of out-of-print travel books or previously unpublished travel memoirs
- English translations of important travel books in other languages
- Theoretical and historical treatments of ways in which travel and travel writing engage such questions as religion, nationalism/cosmopolitanism, and empire; gender and sexuality; race, ethnicity, and immigration; and the history of the book, print culture, and translation
- Biographies of significant travelers or groups of travelers (including but not limited to pilgrims, missionaries, anthropologists, tourists, explorers, immigrants)
- Critical studies of the works of significant travelers or groups of travelers
- Pedagogy of travel and travel literature and its place in curricula.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
The biggest one of these you'll ever see
In the desert garden at The Huntington. This enormous plant, a giant member of the Aloe family, was preparing to flower when I visited The Huntington Botanical Gardens with my daughters last year.According to a docent, the plant's flowering would be a rare, celebrated event. Alas, my trip to southern California ended too soon to allow me to return to see the bloom.
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Digging through some of my favorite photographs from the last couple of years, I came across this serendipitous shot taken on a solo trip in October 2004. When I captured this image, I was on my way to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, all on my own. I had hoped to catch the Beach Boys touring band at Epcot that afternoon but decided on a leisurely day hanging around the resort instead.
Just testing
I just sent back two lenses I was trying out on a 3-week rental from www.rentglass.com. This shot is a quick test of the Canon EF 85mm 1.8 prime lens. This lens is much heavier and less versatile than the Sigma 18-200 zoom I was also trying. Consequently, I didn't use the Canon lens as much as I would have liked. Even so, it's on my wish list of best-value Canon lenses.
Frederick Franck (1910-2006)
Frederick Franck, artist and author of The Zen of Seeing (1973), died on June 5 at the age of 96. He is the subject of a profile in the Summer 2006 issue of Tricyle.
Ballpoint Wren » Do You Speak English?
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Sunset over Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, MA
Red sky at night, the last shot in a series. Just a few hours later, a nor'easter dumped almost three inches of rain on the greater Boston area.
Morning after the nor'easter, Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, MA
View from inside the enclosed porch of Samarkand Inn, a homey bed and breakfast right on Good Harbor Beach.
Locals say this is the best beach in Gloucester because it's the only one with waves that get you wet immediately. No standing in cold water shivering while finding the nerve to plunge in!
Locals say this is the best beach in Gloucester because it's the only one with waves that get you wet immediately. No standing in cold water shivering while finding the nerve to plunge in!
Friends in Gloucester, June 6, 2006
Boys on Main Street in Gloucester asked, "Would you take our picture? Will this be in the paper?"
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