Wandering through iPhoto land now—approximately 12,000 images covering 2006 through 2010, with a few scans of photos from the 1970s and 1980s.
There was a slight hiccup to deal with first: i.e., accessing my old iPhoto libraries. Continue reading
General/Miscellany
Working on the new book, day 5
Looking through old photos is a strange process, a weird mix of surprise and nostalgia. The photos I have accumulated on my computer cover a difficult part of my life; even after deleting a number of photos, I still manage to come across an image here or there that I overlooked, or that reminds me of something I’d prefer to forget. At the same time, I’m also reminded of my willingness to experiment with the medium—my Views from a Parked Car series comes to mind—and that I’d like to publish a photo book some day.
Anyway… Continue reading
Working on the new book, day 4
Yesterday was day 4 of finding possible photos to go with the poems that will comprise the next book. I now have the Delicates and Do-overs sections left to go, and then I can move on to my iPhoto libraries. Continue reading
Working on the new book, day 3
So, I just finished watching The Big Short. Holy crap. I mean, I worked in real estate escrow for nearly five years, so I knew that a lot of people were being suckered into dodgy loans—but the extent of the bullshit that went on around the whole mortgage business is astounding. (And those two mortgage broker guys who end up at the same job fair at the end? I encountered women who were like that as well.) Continue reading
Working on the new book, day 2
The second day of picking possible images for the poems in the new book seemed to much slower—I got part of the way through the Oddities section before calling it a day after less than twenty poems and three hours. Continue reading
Working on the new book, day 1
Technically, I have been easing my way into this book for the last couple of weeks, but today marks my first full day of actively working on it. So, what have I done with it? Continue reading
My current stack of books to read
(1 April 2016)
Stuff—31 March 2016
With the end of March comes the start of April—and, with the start of April, National Poetry Writing Month, a/k/a NaPoWriMo. Accordingly, this seems as good a time as any for an update… Continue reading
Thanks, Adobe!
Adobe doesn’t get a lot of love these days. Or maybe they do, but I don’t see it because I no longer subscribe to the magazines that usually cover their software, no longer receive any of their marketing e-mail, and don’t keep up with the websites (such as Lynda.com and CreativeLive) that present online seminars and tutorials.
Today, I am going to give them some love. I am going to thank them for something they have inadvertently done for me. Continue reading
My writing tools
Here is a short list of my writing tools: Continue reading
Ordinary Average Thoughts 