Archive for January, 2005
Saturday, January 29th, 2005
"I'm sorry," she said, "I can't."
"Why not?" I asked, switching the phone to my other ear with shaking hands.
"Because I hate folk music."
"Oh really?"
"Yes."
"Is that a fact?"
"It is indeed."
"Well," I huffed, "it just so happens that I hate...help me out here, I need a retort. What do I hate?"
"Good ...
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Thursday, January 27th, 2005
The trellis looks like it's covered with hoary hair.
Another favorite of mine: the underside of the neighbors' hammock.
The needles of a white pine.
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2005
"How would you describe...her?" she pointed with her uptilted nose across the leaf-strewn grass at a young woman in an oversized green sweater.
"Hmmmmm."
"Sensuous?"
"Well, no. I'm saving that word."
"You're saving it? Well. Chivalry is not dead."
"It's a good word, and I might want to use it ...
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Friday, January 14th, 2005
It was so easy to take pictures that day. I'd just raise the camera, and the frozen world would mug for me. I spent no time composing this shot. I just looked through the view finder, said, "oh, cool!" and pushed the button.
The needles of this pine ...
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Thursday, January 13th, 2005
Although almost everything above ground level had ice on it (including each individual blade of grass), the roads, while constantly wet, never did freeze. I generally find asphalt driveways to be utilitarian and unremarkable, but there is something evocative about this shot. Perhaps it is the reflection of ...
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2005
I think this is a cedar, and normally stands tall and straight. The ice has caused it to spread into a vaguely Seussian Christmas tree shape.
This is possibly my favorite photo of the ice storm. It captures in stark and gleaming fractals the essential elements of tree, ice ...
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Monday, January 10th, 2005
Ice is part of everything, and so I took some pictures of the ice storm. Have a look on my photoblog, Pictures of Everything.
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Monday, January 10th, 2005
My friends' parklike lawn is eerily transformed.
Putting aside my worries about frozen pipes or frozen cats at my house, I accepted the invitation of some friends of mine to weather the ice storm at their lovely generator-powered home. On Thursday morning (January 6th), I donned my hat and coat, ...
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2005
All of nature, and all the works of man are clad in ice.
We lost power. The lights flickered a few times, came back on, and then a half a minute later, everything went dark for good. My son and I played a quick couple of rounds of pictionary, ...
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