We made it to the Getty exhibit on the Sinai icons, and I’d love to give it two big thumbs up, but I can’t. However, I’m not at all sure that’s not just my problem.
The Getty has done a lovely job presenting both the icons and the sense of reverence that the Orthodox have for […]

Quick stopover in Philadelphia. I’ve just got one day in town after a friend’s wedding — just time enough to see Constitutional stuff, eat some Tastycakes and help protect Benjamin Franklin’s gravestone.

Mr. & Mrs Loud request the honor …
This portion of the trip started off a little strange. We checked in at nearly midnight […]

I really hadn’t planned to add anything else, but I find that it feels unfinished to leave the odds and ends floating. So just like the end of a movie, let’s just find out where everyone landed, including yours truly

Jesse James was 34 when he died. He was buried at the James Farm, within […]

And the No-Dang-Good Jesse James Revue finishes up with today’s sights including a bank he held up and a house where straightening a picture turned out to be the last thing he ever did.

Woke up: at the same time as always. Blast.
Breakfast: A couple plums and Sugar Frosted Flakes. Now we’re talking. I haven’t had […]

Hit the ground running with the No-Dang-Good Jesse James Revue (NDG/JJ R) …

Woke up at the usual time: shoot. Sometimes a person can’t sleep in for spit!

Did some reading and planning, and tried to get into the spirit of being as bad as I wanna be (see yesterday’s entry for The Rules). Took a shower […]

Greg is off on a business trip till Monday, and it occurred to me that this might be the right opportunity to put together the roadtrip I’d been thinking of. So I moved work and other responsibilities around and gained myself two days and three nights for the rip-roarin’ No-Dang-Good Jesse James Revue (NDG/JJ R)!

The […]

Back in Southern California briefly and it can’t even be bothered to dress up for the occasion. When we lived here, I remember a reporter once remarking before some big event of national interest that no one needed to worry that the weather wouldn’t cooperate, because the region could be compared to an old Nora […]

I almost forgot. This is the ceramic tile I did on the cruise. I’ve taken to trying to figure out my own logo for the cruises, and I decided to go with the basics for this one. I figured I was bound to see parrots and monkeys and lizards and rum, and bingo! I got […]

Here’s the link to the Yahoo slideshow of the pictures. The weather really cooperated with us — it only started to rain when we were leaving. Very convenient!

Home again after what I guess they call the “south Caribbean” cruise — from Puerto Rico to Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, Sint Maarten and St. Thomas. These are the kinds of places made for amateur photographers, because every snapshot looks like a postcard.
And these are the kind of people that the brochures all say “They’re […]