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so, i saw ryan adams
Look, here’s proof, in the form of a bad photo that I removed a lot of digital noise from when I processed it, so now it’s really blurry, but that blob with the guitar? Ryan Adams. I saw him at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival. The reason I was at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival … Continue reading
the one new year’s resolution i’m determined to keep
Years ago now, four of them, maybe (four years? really?), I got an email from a guy I’ll call Greg, because that is his name. He asked me to join the staff of the website Utata, which is the public presence of an active Flickr group. The reason I joined the staff was to write … Continue reading
adventures in puppy-sitting
A woman I work with raises Leader Dogs for the Blind, and just got a new puppy, a black lab named Shiloh. She needed someone to watch the puppy today and, um, ooh! Pick me! So, Shiloh’s been hanging out at my house. At first, Sweet Pea was like, “Um, this is totally not cool, … Continue reading
printed on paper and everything
My history with Literary Kicks is a long one, consisting of both online activity and in-person hijinks. The site’s proprietor, Levi, is a good friend — I’ve slept at his place more than once, we’ve been drunk together, and we danced at his wedding (that wedding was more fun than any wedding has a right … Continue reading
a christmas wish for you
I wasn’t particularly looking forward to Christmas this year (I think “dreading” is a more appropriate word, in fact), I think because December last year was an exercise in seeing how miserable I could be and still remain functional (insanely miserable, as it happens), and so the holiday still bore a whiff of “Oh good … Continue reading
i just wanted you to know
I made these and they are delicious.
the thing about snow
Last night, we had the first real snow of the season. I mean, yes, there was snow a few weeks ago, but it didn’t really last too long and I don’t know. There were margaritas that night. Margaritas are summery so therefore the snow doesn’t count? Something. Anyway, yesterday it started with the rain. Buckets … Continue reading
a color story
There’s a basket on my dresser (one of several) in which I keep odd socks. You know the ones, the socks that went into the washing as mates but came out single. I hang onto the lonely socks for awhile, though I’m not sure why, exactly. I have a name for these socks, a name … Continue reading
recognizing my face
I met Patrick on Flickr a few years ago, and then we met in person when he came to the opening of a gallery show in which I had 6 photos. (Thinking about that now, having photos in a gallery show, seems so alien to me. Life: what a strange trip.) He’s living in San … Continue reading
familiarity
Nearly a year ago, I wrote a post and included the above photo. This morning, the scene outside my window is almost exactly the same, but the fog may be a touch thicker. That abandoned house across the street (foreclosure; the family packed up and left one November night a couple of years ago) has … Continue reading
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