Monthly Archives: May 2015
Oil and water: the gods smiled on Santa Paula
Posted on May 30, 2015 15 Comments
If Beverly Hills is Lana Turner, and Pasadena is Grace Kelly, then Santa Paula is Ava Gardner: earthy, lush, mysterious and utterly natural. As you know, one of my main aims in taking photographs is not only to learn a new medium and get exciting software to satisfy my creative soul, but to learn more about […]
The newbie wed – our journey continued
Posted on May 22, 2015 23 Comments
It’s time for levity, no? And nothing conveys mirth like the long tale of mishaps that represented my twenty-something marriage and honeymoons. Where did we leave off? Recovering from jet-fueled indigestion at a Raj-worthy urban mansion in Bombay, our “perils of Pauline’ adventure continued. Here is the part IV of my five part series. It was the […]
Las Vagues
Posted on May 15, 2015 20 Comments
Every decision we make involves a gamble. What we bring to bear when we make a choice is key. Is it fact or opinion based? I think this question goes to the heart of every controversy we face as a species today, and especially as Americans in our current overheated political environment. As a personal […]
Walk on the wild slide
Posted on May 9, 2015 24 Comments
[Today’s impromptu post was tossed together from a fortuitous confluence of events over the past week. It may be a bit ragged around the edges as I am eyeball deep in learning curves, so bear with me.] California is a quirky, contradictory state. On the one hand, it has sophisticated cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, on the other it is home […]
A Bridge-t-oo far
Posted on May 3, 2015 2 Comments
Originally posted on Beth Byrnes:
I think the key to this whole New Jersey Bridge-gate will be Bridget Anne Kelly. Any moment now, she is going to unleash on Christie, who accused her of being stupid and mendacious. Steve Kornacki has an interesting explanation of why this is likely. It has happened to Christie before.…
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