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2012-12-27 22:20
Although our white Christmas is over, the snow and the cold are not over and most likely won't be for some while - a good time to stay inside and play with photo layers! And to create some p… Read More
2012-11-26 22:30
Margaret Wente, in The Globe and Mail, raises the issue of women in science from an economic and political perspective. She asks whether "Gender Parity Trumps Excellence in Science?"The assu… Read More
2012-11-10 23:14
Sometimes attempting one thing in Photoshop leads unexpectedly elsewhere - like trying to intensify a photo of single malt Islay scotch in a decanter and ending up with what might make a gre… Read More
2012-10-16 21:20
2012-10-13 19:00
Bandit Sings SinatraI did it my way Read More
2012-10-07 20:54
Others' opinions can be disturbing, but when clearly and fairly argued, I'll listen. But so often, opinions that display bigotry and intolerance rest on bad logic. No need to listen - it's a… Read More
2012-10-05 18:19
Fall in the Yard Read More
2012-09-18 04:00
(With apologies to Rogers and Hammerstein!)There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,The corn thistle fuzz is as high as an elephant's e… Read More
2012-08-25 16:53
US presidential candidate Mitt Romney seems most eager for the fame of the presidency and more than willing to jeopardize the well-being of his country to achieve it.The fictional warrior Be… Read More
2012-08-14 23:15
2012-08-09 22:22
The Victorian zeitgeist of my hometown lasted long into the twentieth century and is well characterized by the lengthy presence of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), which still… Read More
2012-07-07 22:31
2012-06-29 14:32
2012-04-08 03:14
Happy Easter Read More
2012-03-24 23:13
I've lost count of how many times students have asked, "Can we just watch the movie?" I knew times had really changed when I was about to show a video of King Lear, and a stud… Read More
2012-03-03 01:14
I was surprised to see in the most recent edition of The Costco Connection a discussion of "happiness research." The question for debate is "Should governments make policy based on… Read More
2012-02-15 22:16
I cannot believe how much fun it is, and how freeing, to make art on an iPad. I have started a weekly class and can't stop picking up the iPad and playing with some newly discovered aspect o… Read More
2012-02-03 22:00
One of journalism's criminal failures is well known: last year's infamous phone-hacking scandal of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World that caused its ultimate demise.A more recent scand… Read More
2012-01-30 19:55
If terroir is expressed in wine, coffee, and tea, why not in blueberries - and potatoes and kumquats for that matter.Argentinian blueberries have, I am certain, a distinctive and charm… Read More
2012-01-23 18:17
After reading an excellent post, at ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly, about Oscar Wilde's involvement in France's notorious Dreyfus Affair, I decided to re-post this entry from August… Read More
2012-01-22 00:08
Over the last twenty years, I have become a real northerner.When I first moved north from Vancouver, I watched the weather channel every day with growing trepidation as October morning tempe… Read More
2012-01-15 19:15
Sometimes, what begins as a joke ends up as a good workout in Photoshop and begets another image into the bargain.So, without further ado:I never did get the above image quite right; it's a… Read More
2012-01-11 01:15
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most applicable to daily life. Three of the most useful to me come by way of my husband, the airline industry, and Buddhism. Each functions literally, an… Read More
2012-01-04 01:10
January 1, 2012 was my first day of retirement. Even though it was a right and well-timed decision, I had wondered just exactly what I would feel on that first morning, the point from which… Read More
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