Quietly beautiful portraits of women against a backdrop of mazes, flowers, and William Morris-inspired wallpaper patterns. This kind of work thrills me — that it’s by a self-taught artist, that it’s something I’ve never seen before. [UK Guardian]
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Sleepytime
I have tried various technological or mental gizmos over the years to help me fall and stay asleep: white noise machines, small fans, mantras, working my way through the alphabet naming flowers or birds or superheroes, or tensing and relaxing my body from the feet up. A few months back, I tried something different and …
The Potato Hack
I just finished boiling about 5 lbs. of red potatoes, eyes and blemishes removed but much of the skin intact. They’re now sitting in two good-sized containers in the fridge. I’ll carry one of them to work tomorrow and those cold potatoes, with a bit of salt, are all I’ll eat till suppertime, when I …
Doomsday for 2018 is … Wednesday
See my previous post on the Doomsday Calendar to comprehend all.
Word of the Year: TRUST
I quit adopting New Year’s Resolutions some years ago. But I liked the idea of an official “fresh start” of some kind. A Google search for alternatives led me to find Christine Kane’s Word of the Year scheme. If coachspeak makes your skin crawl, then let your eyes glide over “intention” and “upleveling.” Instead, simply …
Reformatting Time Capsule
Backups via Time Machine to our 2TB Time Capsule have not gone smoothly the last several months, with the backup always stopping with an unexplained error. After reviewing this 2010 page from Joe Kissell on troubleshooting Time Capsule problems, I tried Disk Utility and then finally opted for a complete erase of the drive and …
Amazon Live Chat Support = Refund
Liz wanted to return one of the gifts I’d purchased for her from her Amazon wishlist. She tries to only flag items covered by Prime and that are “Fulfilled by Amazon”; if we have to return an item, then those are indicators of free UPS shipping back to Amazon. But the item we wanted to …
Two Very Different Travel Days
Instead of driving 13 or more hours from Durham, NC, to Lakeland, FL, for Christmas, we decided this year to fly. We got to the airport last Friday, Dec. 22, about 2.5 hours early because we’re like that. The Allegiant flight was delayed about 2.5 hours. When a plane arrived, it was of a different …
What Did Jesus Look Like?
The 2015 BBC News article What Did Jesus Really Look Like? is still interesting, even in the afterglow of Christmas. The article is a great blend of historical fact and art history tracing how Jesus has been portrayed in Western art through the centuries, where some traditions started (the beard, halo, and flowing robes hail …
Traveling with my iPad Pro 10.5
One of my reasons for purchasing the iPad Pro was to replace my Chromebook as a travel computing device. Here’s what I’ve been using my iPad for on this trip: Reading downloaded ComiXology comics on the frankly beautiful screen using ComiXology’s Guided View mode. Seeing individual panels filling the whole screen helps these old eyes. …
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