Finished reading: A World Appears by Michael Pollan 📚
What can I say, any book by Michael Pollan is sure to be gold, and this one does not disappoint. If you have any interest at all, or even if you don’t, you’ll understand what all this hubbub about consciousness is […]
Added Two More Photo Sets
I was reading Jasper’s blog and stumbled on his favorite photos. And thought I need to get off my arse and make a page of favorites as well. Added two more photo sets to make four total. More to come…
More photos and resource guides at the Cliff538 Photography Page
Kodak Mini 2 Retro Photo Printer
I saw a review for the Kodak Mini 2 Retro and thought, what the hell, let’s try it.
Want to read: Everything Is Photograph by Patricia Albers 📚
Want to read: Everything Is Photograph by Patricia Albers 📚 I don’t usually post about books in the queue, but I just found this one, and wanted any other photographers interested to see it. Kertész took over 100,000 photographs, exhibited worldwide, and was the first major photographer to embrace the Leica.
Finished reading: So Late in the Day Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan 📚
Finished reading: So Late in the Day Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan 📚
Beautiful short stories. These stories leave a lot to your imagination. They are certainly different than her other work. I liked them, but of all her books, it was my least favorite.
Not a lot to say on this one. If you’ve never read Claire Keegan, you are missing out. Get reading.
I would say start out with Foster and Small Things Like These, first, then move on to her other work.
Finished reading: Go Computer Now! by Ben Zotto 📚
Finished reading: Go Computer Now! by Ben Zotto 📚 Delightful book about the start of the personal computer, and Sphere Corporation […]
Beam Paints - M’Chigeeng First Nation Company on Manitoulin Island
My wife is a watercolor artist in her free time and just found a wonderful resource for hematite pigment.
Stray Thoughts - April 2026
A smattering of stray thoughts I’ve had this month. This is brand new for April and will be the inaugural post for Stray Thoughts.
Denoise: LightRoom vs DxO PureRAW 5
A quick down-and-dirty comparison between LR and DxO denoise. There is a very clear winner here.
Currently reading: Go Computer Now! by Ben Zotto 📚
About halfway through, what a great book. Tons of history that I knew nothing about.
Morning Meditation
“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own — not of the same blood and birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can injure me. No one can implicate me in ugliness. Nor can I feel angry at my relative, or hate him.”
~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 2