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Category Archives: Photography
My Neighbor’s Poppies
I feel a little bit like a thief, sneaking around the neighborhood picking other people’s flowers. Fortunately, I am only picking the images with my camera, preserving the beauty forever while leaving the flowers themselves for everyone to enjoy while … Continue reading
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Day 1: January 1, 2011
I don’t really believe in the Golden Rule. I don’t think we should treat others the way we want to be treated, I think we should treat others the way they want to be treated. This is much more difficult, … Continue reading
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I Saw My Life
I saw my life flash before my eyes. I saw seasons come and go. I saw libraries and diners and dogs. I saw Jamaica and Italy, libraries, flowers, fruits and vegetables, historical markers, screenshots and neon signs. It wasn’t a … Continue reading
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Scan and Copy Those Precious Pictures
I’m going through a box of old Polaroid pictures taken by my uncle Steve Brown, and came across these three. Wonderful photographs taken over fifty years ago of my father, my aunt, my grandmother and my cousins, pictures I had … Continue reading
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Nubble Light
Nubble Light is just off the easternmost point of Cape Neddick in York, Maine. It’s one of the most-often photographed lighthouses in New England not only because of its beauty, but because it’s so easy to photograph. It’s located on … Continue reading
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Acquaviva delle Fonti
Last week I celebrated my birthday in Italy with my daughters. We spent a few days in the Puglia region, where both of my father’s parents came from, and on Tuesday we took the train from Bari and spent an … Continue reading
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Chatham County Courthouse: Pittsboro, North Carolina
Tonight a Flickr member posted this comment on my photo of the Chatham County Courthouse: “I will miss this building terribly.” Miss it? Was he moving away, perhaps? Surely they weren’t planning to demolish it? I looked at my statistics … Continue reading
Posted in Flickr, Memory, Photography, Travel
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Trying to Catch the Setting Sun
I was on my way home from work yesterday when I distracted by the amazing pinkish sky to my left. Between the trees, I caught sight of the fiery ball of the setting sun low on the horizon. It looked … Continue reading
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Hot Peppers for a Cold Gray Day
This is my least-favorite time of year — the dull, damp, gray days when you know it’s almost spring but it feels like winter will never end. I hate the lack of color and light. When I feel like this, … Continue reading
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Irving’s Toy & Card Shop
Day 14: January 14, 2010 Irving’s Toy & Card Shop 71 Harvard Street Brookline, Massachusetts I love this local landmark, a tiny building tucked in between two much-larger buildings. This old-fashioned store and its elderly owner Mrs. Ethel Weiss is … Continue reading
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