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Sinterklaas Is Coming To Town
We often refer to November and December as “the holidays” in the United States because it’s a season in which several family occasions occur in close proximity to one another. For some, the holiday season may begin with Halloween, with decorations, candy, and costumes. For others, it begins closer to the end of November, at…
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Blind Rabbits
I went for a walk this morning, and ended up finding a whole bunch of seemingly blind rabbits. They weren’t the first ones I’d seen in the area, actually. It was down by the Rhine, near the paper factory a couple weeks ago that I first saw one near the road. I rode my bike…
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November, Nanowrimo, and Movember
October transitioned to November this week, and Lorie and I spent our first Halloween abroad. It seems to be something of a non-holiday here in the Netherlands, or at least in Renkum, since we saw a few jack-o-lanterns at one restaurant, but little other evidence of the holiday. When we went to the grocery store,…
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Asemic Experiments
I’ve been keeping busy this past week, but I’ve found my attention wandering a bit from more strictly photographic projects. I wrote earlier this summer about how my attention tends to drift at times, and this week, I’ve been spending a little bit of creative time away from the camera. It’s actually been a little…
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An Afternoon at the Kröller-Müller Museum
Lorie and I made a day trip yesterday to the Hoge Veluwe national park, located just a few kilometers to the north of us. In fact, much of the area here seems to be part of the “Veluwe”, since it appears on so many trail signs, even well out of the park. I think it…
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Papo’s Shop
You may have already noticed an update to the photographs section of this website: a selection of images from my explorations of Papo’s Shop last month has been added. At this time, it’s a gallery of fourteen images, and represents a quick selection of favorites from the greater body of work that I made of…
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Two Weeks in Renkum!
Today marks the end of the second week that Lorie and I have been here in Renkum, and it’s also, coincidentally, our three-month anniversary. I made a horrendously unglamorous bachelor-fare dinner of pizza, with a side of chips and salsa. It’s really not a very appropriate meal for a special occasion, unless one hasn’t had…
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The New Face of the “Banned Book”?
I wrote a few weeks ago about my thoughts about the closing of the Borders bookstores around the country, and now, on a vaguely similar notes, I have some thoughts about recent news floating around about Barnes & Noble. It involves a collision of subjects– comic books, e-books, corporate weight being thrown around, and possible…
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Giant Bug: The Jerusalem Cricket
While Lorie and I were out for a walk yesterday, here in Bridger, Montana, I spotted an interesting creature scurrying off the side of the dirt road. At first I thought it was a particularly large spider, but on closer inspection, it seemed to be some sort of very large cricket. I don’t know if…