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Space is a Crowded Place

Space satellites may soon have to be capable of parallel parking if it gets any more crowded. And it definitely WILL!

Posted byfredJanuary 13, 2021Posted inscience, videoLeave a comment on Space is a Crowded Place

The Agonies of Ink to Paper

My morning pages sometimes get out of hand. What can I say? I’m hearing conversations with inanimate objects now. So lock me up. They ended up, one atop the other, in the back of my car, both bound for the final resting place–unfortunately in the local landfill and not in a next home where each […]

Posted byfredJanuary 15, 2020Posted inPhotography, Tools and Tech4 Comments on The Agonies of Ink to Paper

SomeWhere

And SomeWhen. Finding the pot of gold means a bit of good luck. And keeping your eyes open. And having a camera in your pocket 24/7. And stopping in the rain to step out of your car in the middle of a county road to save the moment. I once reflected on the place of […]

Posted byfredMarch 29, 2018March 29, 2018Posted inAging, Photography, PhotoImage3 Comments on SomeWhere

Time and a World of Change ~ Part V

This is part 5 of excerpts from a piece that may someday (or may not) be a chapter in a book, given adequate keystrokes in these out-of-warranty joints; enough minutes of absolute time but especially minutes with adequate clarity and passion, wisdom and focus; and a remaining pool of neurons who get along well enough […]

Posted byfredNovember 30, 2016November 30, 2016Posted inEnvironment, Essay, Photography1 Comment on Time and a World of Change ~ Part V

TIME AND A WORLD OF CHANGE ~ PART IV

Continued from Part III The time-lapse episode I remember most vividly involved the delightful horror of watching a perfectly lovely bowl of fruit shrivel, go gray with mold and turn finally to a black liquid–a natural, everyday process of decay that took many hours, compressed into a twenty-second insight into the end of things. About […]

Posted byfredNovember 25, 2016Posted inPhotography, Reflections1 Comment on TIME AND A WORLD OF CHANGE ~ PART IV

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