Industrial art is tools or devices that not only work well, but are beautiful in themselves. An item that is well-designed for its task often is a thing of beauty besides. My Guru, Dr. Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, teaches that anything that is the best it can be, at the task for which …
My header photo this week seems perfect for the topic, doesn't it? I took it with my phone, from my chair at the nail spa where I get my monthly pedicures. Once every month, I get to have someone else do my tootsies, and I get to just relax and feel pampered. It's also a …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #175: Follow your Bliss
Last weekend, the Pacific Northwest had some very high winds, which caused power outages and fallen trees across roadways all around Western Washington. I got in my car and headed down to the ferry dock in Edmonds, to see if I could capture the wind (well, not the wind, but maybe some effects!). Here's some …
For the past month, my email has produced notifications, from the EIB Network which was built by Rush Limbaugh, that the Limbaugh Letter would be produced for the final time in October. Each month, since Hubby and I merged households in 2003, we have received our Limbaugh Letter in the mail. Every issue was chock-full …
Continue reading This hurts. The news that my Hero, Rush Limbaugh, is well and truly gone.
Salute to our military veterans, and my co-worker, Juan.
Changing weather, seen from the window over my desk at work.
I am sort of an architecture buff. I love taking pictures of unusual buildings, especially those from the Art Nouveau or Art Deco periods of the 20th Century. But I keep my eyes open wherever I am, and that has enabled me to photograph a number of interesting buildings. This is the modern A T …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #173: Interesting Architecture
The pear tree in front of our house turns beautiful shades of red and purple, each autumn. The leaves ripple, creating not only color interest, but appealing shapes, both before and after they drop from the branches, to the ground underneath. When I arrived home after work today, I took some pictures. And closer up... …
Continue reading Fallen Leaves, harbinger of winter approaching
The press has been very active since early yesterday, registering and reacting to all the election results from around the country. Not only did the state of Virginia turn a lot redder (electing a new governor and state assembly members), but locally the Deepest Blue city of Seattle seems to have chosen a new City …
Continue reading Intriguing election results from November 2
For 50 years, the University Unitarian Church in Seattle put on a Handel’s Messiah Sing-along, Play-along on the day after Christmas. Yes, that’s 50 years! They packed the sanctuary to the rafters with singers and orchestra, and anyone could come and sing or play, just for the price of a ticket. The Messiah was a …
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