Picking At The Rough Ends . . .
I know that when Roland Barthes wrote of the punctum, the tiny point or wound that punctures a photo’s studium or field, that draws and disturbs the eye, he had much weighter poignancies in mind…
View PostI know that when Roland Barthes wrote of the punctum, the tiny point or wound that punctures a photo’s studium or field, that draws and disturbs the eye, he had much weighter poignancies in mind…
View PostThere’s rain scheduled for tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that. And knowing how the weather can be here, we might be carrying umbrellas right through November. December. January. February. But…
View PostWe had a Moroccan former student of mine over for dinner Saturday night, a good excuse to put together a Moroccan meal. Pater has been doing most of the cooking around here lately, but as…
View PostFor a few years, while we were getting our garden set up, Pater and I built our weekend entertainment around visiting nurseries, especially the favourite now-sadly-defunct Island Specialty Nursery. Because we did this almost year-round…
View PostSunshine all this week — it’s been glorious! Fall sunshine may be the best sunshine there is, truly! And Pater’s getting better at this photo-taking, and I’m trying to get braver at it. So here…
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