Monday night I found myself gazing out of my bedroom window, fascinated by the lights our neighbors had strung along their fence. I’m not typically struck by Christmas lights, and “Christmas over-achievers” tend to frighten me, but I enjoyed the simplicity of their display. A single looped line of lights which followed an arc of…
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The Survivor
Each year, on Black Friday, my son bugs my wife about putting up the Christmas Tree. My spouse adores decorating for Christmas so, each year, she complies 1. So in the evening my wife dug the tree and ornaments out of their slumber in the basement and we set the tree up in our living…
Thanksgiving Rose
This week Apple Watch users received a bit of a nudge from the company in the form of a Thanksgiving Day Challenge. The challenge was simple, users who complete a run, walk, or wheelchair work out of at least 3.1 miles on Thanksgiving 1 would be given a special achievement badge and a sticker to…
Standing in Wind
Two days ago I was walking around pondering if I shouldn’t change into shorts. Then, on Saturday night, the weather went from “mild and calm” to “windy and cold.” We’d been out to shop and grab a bite to eat at a nearby mall. When we left the parking lot the air was still and…
Beautiful Thing
It’s been a cruddy week. Everything I’ve tried to accomplish has been blocked by an error, glitch, or other problem. At last count I’d spent around 12 hours on the phone with various instances of technical support. As such, every productive thing I wanted to accomplish had to wait. I also had something to do…
Photo Stacking
A friend of mine was out taking some photos of the Super Moon earlier this week, and found himself a bit disappointed he couldn’t get the exposure of both the sky and ground correct at the same time. If he brought out details on the moon the ground was all but black, if he brought…
