Category Archive for: ‘Uncategorized’

• Testing LJ Crossposting

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  This is only a test. Available at LJ at this URL.

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• Rais Bhuiyan and the Power of Forgiveness

  This is a remarkable story of forgiveness and a change of heart. It’s the kind of story that Susan Sarandon could direct, and it needs to be told and retold. “It is due to Rais’ message of forgiveness that I am more content now than …

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  Making Lemonade

  Like all photographers, I have more than a few blown shots. Every once in a while, there’s one that’s interesting enough to do something else with. Last Saturday, thirty of us went to San Francisco’s Sutro Baths for some evening shooting, then off to Hendrik …

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• Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal, etc.

  My Facebook page. My author page on Facebook. (No, I’m not done with it yet.) Twitter. LiveJournal. Dreamwidth. (Which I use for reading, mostly, but I may post from there eventually.) SFF.net page. (For those who don’t know, sff.net is the same hosting provider that …

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• Theme Change

  First, a side note. I feel compelled, given how many people mispronounce my name, to mention: “Sounds Like Weird” is a pronunciation hint for both Deirdre and Saoirse. While I loved the photo-blog theme of autofocus, it constrained me too much as not everything I …

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  Morocco

  We weren’t there long enough, but what we saw was incredible. This is the royal palace. I wasn’t using a zoom lens — I was using a wide angle. I can’t recall ever having been so close to a head of state’s residence before. Fascinating …

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  Tesla Girls

  Taken at the Tesla dealership in Menlo Park, CA. I love how they’re all in “visitor” spaces. Sure enough, next time I drove by, the girls were gone.

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  Rick at the Dutch Goose

  Near our house is a bar called The Dutch Goose. They serve dinner late, have deeply-carved tables and peanut shells on the floor. It’s awesome. I love their burgers.

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  NASA’s SpaceCamp

  Drove to Huntsville, Alabama (from Biloxi, Mississippi) to visit NASA’s facility where the Saturn 5 rockets were all made. Some lovely bits, including this Apollo capsule behind glass. The exhibit was overwhelming and literally brought me to tears.

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  USS Hornet

  Had never been aboard an aircraft carrier before, nor a ship built primarily by women. Some nice Apollo history, too.

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