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I’ve never understood the use of fluorescent lights in hospitals and other medical offices. I assume it’s a cost-effective way to light large spaces. The glare created keeps everyone a little off center. Maybe, in that way, they serve two purposes. Patients and their loved ones feel a little disarmed, unsure of reality, when receiving bad news. They’ve wheeled my mostly still unconscious girlfriend back from her procedure. She rouses now when the doctor comes in. “I don’t hav

Aperture refers to the opening in a camera lens through which light passes to enter the camera. It's like the pupil of your eye—the...

I'm taking a photography class this summer. Actually, I'm taking two. One each semester. 9 classes stand between me and graduation this...

Sylvie the Sourdough Our neighbor gifted us a sourdough starter. This is the second one I’ve had. The first another casualty of a messy...

It’s been a while since I’ve written here, and let me tell you—it’s not because I’ve been sitting around with extra time on my hands....

It was never about the shoes. Not really. In my gut, I saw the red flag Because, we were discussing MY shoes. The ones I would wear. On my feet. On my wedding day. “Blue isn’t one of our wedding colors”, he’d say. And I would rebuff that with the ‘something old , something new, something borrowed, something blue’. “You made that up”, he replies. You can’t be serious. This isn’t even your first wedding. How have you never heard of this?? In my head I am screaming that I cannot

To be honest, I used to be terrible at taking advice. Asking for advice is admitting that you don't know it all. That maybe (gasp)...

Then start again. If I could give one piece of advice to anyone nervous about starting a new project, business, hobby, etc. Just start....