A dozen offbeat albums that are actually quite good
Where I delve into music criticism.
Photography, again
Some thoughts, and a lot of links.
Roma
Some notes about our trip to Rome in the fall of '22.
Tools
In which I describe the tools I use for my computing purposes.
The raw and the cooked
Pondering how much processing a photo can take and still be a photo.
Recent reads
Wherein two recent books are discussed and compared.
On baking
Musings on baking and sourdough and the pleasures therein.
Questionnaire
Answers to an old questionnaire. I would not have answered everything the same, now. Still.
Stoner
Reading John Williams.
W. G. Sebald: The Rings of Saturn
Some reflections on reading Sebald.
On photography
Another rumination upon an art form (?) that may, or may not, be with us for a while. Or not.
Bright-Sided
Reading Barbara Ehrenreich's 'Bright-Sided'.
The neo-liberalism we live with
Lamenting the dire circumstances we live with. And I wrote this some years ago, and I would not say it has become much better since then.
Some very old links
What my 'blogroll' was like quite some time ago. Wonder how many are still alive and well?
Model students
Brave new world, full of shiny objects.
Medicated
Could happen to you, you know.
Have to go, man
Oh, crap.
Me and the Frenchies
Years ago, I worked for a summer as a plongeur in a hotel in south-western France. Nah, not a diver, mind you, but a humble dishwasher. Diving into those piles of dirty dishes, I presume.