Friends might recall how a couple weeks ago, my close call, slightly nearer to death experience on a Megabus changed the way I think about drinking wine (i.e., drink the good stuff now, because you never know). Well, I laid a magnum bottle of this ruby port down in 1998 and sat on it like […]
Photography, my own phantom thread
Dad would have been 91 today. I tell friends that the elder SMW haunts both my Facebook when I post photos and camera when I go out on my long constitutionals. Being the oldest of his brood, I was the first son to go to work with him and learn the mysteries, techniques and technology […]
Abandoning Windows Phone
Call me weird, a member of the forlorn 0.1%, but I like the Windows phone interface. It’s clean, attractive and easy to use. I like that Windows 10 Continuum is ambitious enough to provide a seamless experience across my desktop, tablet and phone. I’m annoyed that several of the apps I want, like my Digital […]
Dreamers’ nightmare–the cost is too high
Pity The Dreamers. Through friendships with educators and just living an urban life, I’ve come to know lots of immigrants. Many of them are Hispanic. I assume most of them are here legally, but I would never presume to ask. The people I know are family-oriented, hard-working, America-loving, pretty conservative, solid members of society and […]
Let there be light (and lots of it)
From the dawn of prehistory, we’ve defied the dark and cold of winter with festivals of light. Before there were rational explanations for the shortening of days, we sang songs, lit fires, ate rich food and drank strong spirits. If the big light in the sky was at a premium, well then we’d fill our […]
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