Music and Cats

… so here’s my take on the Flickr meme that’s been going ’round recently.

Here’s how it works:
* Type your answers to each of the questions below into Flickr Search
* Using only the first page, pick an image
* Copy and paste each of […]

Late yesterday afternoon, my car’s odometer rolled over to 100,000 miles. (As I was looking for a parking space at the time, I was able to capture the event at very slow speed.) My little Geo Prizm has served me well for 14 years, but I don’t think I’ll see it reach 101,000 miles.
Around the […]

Shortly after noon today, Paul and I pulled on our coats and went out for a short walk. Although it wasn’t a particularly pretty day, several people were out on our street. As we turned a corner, I saw ahead of us more people — a couple holding hands, a woman walking with a child, […]

In 2006, I made two short lists on the first day of the year. Some might have called them resolutions, intentions, aspirations or longings; I called them hopes. Two years later, I still have many of the same hopes, and have a couple to add to each list. I have high hopes for 2008.
In […]

I have long been drawn to spirals. The scroll of a violin. The swirling clouds in a hurricane. The volute on an Ionic column. The curl of a new fern frond. The trance-inducing dances of Brittany. The whorls of a sunflower’s seeds. A complex mathematical construction. An ancient symbol of consciousness, birth and rebirth. Magic […]