Leading up to this years conflict project, the students studied conflict through reading Suzanne Collinss book, The Hunger Games. No doubt youve heard of it by now. Students from all three class peri...
I have read a bunch of bad books lately. Or just mediocre ones. Im not too excited about any of the four Im currently reading, either. I checked my recent reviews, and of the last 17 books Ive read, ...
This winter has been absolutely beautiful. According to the Fox 12 Weather Blog from late January, the long-range weather forecast for Portland is decidedly un-Portland-like: & nbsp; ...
Leading up to this years conflict project, the students were shown a variety of images, and asked to generate "non-Google-able" questions about the pictures. For example, for the picture of t...
Early Monday morning, two strong earthquakes awakened the Bay Area. At 5:33 am, a magnitude 3.5 quake, followed immediately by a magnitude 4.0 quake shook approximately 5.5 miles below the surface in...
Plugging his new book, Space Chronicles, Neil DeGrasse Tyson appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and nearly made Jon want to become an astrophysicist himself (watch the clip, youll want to b...
You know when you learn a new word, and then suddenly, you see the word everywhere? Thats kind of what happened to me this week with Frank Chimero, only it wasnt the first time I had heard of him. I ...
I just started re-watching 21 Jump Street. You know how when you remember the 80s, it seems like the whole decade is a caricature of itself? Turns out, the 80s really were that ridiculous, and the ea...
This photograph was taken by Desto of Ser Verdadero. Both the photograph and the murals message deserve to be shared as often as possible. Muralist Salvador Jimenez created the work with a group of y...
...twice as big as it needs to be.I spent a bit of time this week sitting in on a few middle school classes with which I soon will be working. As I listened to them discuss complex topics of monument...
So there I was, minding my own business (as usual) when I came across an eHow instructional article. The article itself was rather strange and specific: How to Draw Zodiac Constellations. _And there ...
Collection: The Owls Are Not What They Seem by Quiet PawsAll over the web, seekers of beauty and whimsy aggregate their favorite whatevers into collections that inspire. I found some of my own items ...
_This weeks Edit Me challenge photo comes from Rosie of Leavesnbloom Studio. I took advantage of this sleepy-sheepy castle scene to try out a new technique: imitating the effect of a tilt-shift lens....
_I wrote an e-book:Stargazing for BeginnersHow to Find Your Way Around the Night Sky Devotees of my blog (all three of you) will recognize it as a slight modification and expansion of a series of blo...
Im participating in the first week of Photo Feedback on Mom Tried It. The purpose of this particular blog hop is to give and receive feedback about photography. This chicken photograph is my entry. T...
How do you get your blog fix?My reader-of-choice is bloglovin. The interface is clean and easy to use. You can follow anything with a feed, and it arranges all unread posts at the top, with a large p...
This weeks Edit Me Challenge comes from Selena of Stoneyville. The original image (below) had some challenging elements, most notably the sky with complete lack of color or interest. _With my first e...
The Portland Aerial Tram recently celebrated its 5th year, just in time for a couple of tram shots in my 36 Views of South Waterfront series. This one, #30, is from the waiting area, and #28 was take...
Andrea and Megan, with the epic rack of aprons _Yesterday was Craft Day 2012. Celebrating its 10th year, Craft Day inspires craftiness in even the most ardent non-crafters. The event is hosted each y...
Im getting better at this Photoshop thing every day. Of course, starting with a good photograph helps. I still dont think Ill ever be satisfied with what I can get from an old Polaroid. I was, h...
There is a truck in my neighborhood. Its an old truck. I dont know nearly enough about cars to be able to begin to tell you anything interesting about it (nor could I find anything that piqued my non...
I have begun a massive project. I hope I can get it done in some sort of reasonable time frame. I decided to assemble my photographs into a static, published book. My photos are all (at least up thro...
Go back up your data. Right now.So, there I was, sitting at my computer, minding my own business. Suddenly, one of those warning boxes popped up on the screen. Apparently, I had removed a device with...
There was a moment, this fall, when the figurative planets aligned. The end of October was going to bring with it the much anticipated Halloween celebration. Halloween always means much planning, pre...
Late in the day, when the sun sinks low over the west hills, the seemingly infinite windows of the glass-laden buildings of South Waterfront pick up reflections of clouds and sky.Walking home the oth...
Before and After editing of boots in the window of Mikes Gold Anvil Antiques. Normally I would have made that shop title a link, but finding an appropriate link is proving easier said than done. Goog...
I eat berries almost every day. Not these, of course, but there were quite a few birds that were enamored with them when I happened upon this tree.Finding berries in the middle of winter can be chall...
Ive noticed, on Pinterest, that much of what people tend to pin are examples of what they wish their life looked like. A beautiful photograph is occasionally accompanied by several of the key colors ...
It doesnt snow in Portland very often. A light dusting is a big deal. So, when I saw that it was snowing this morning (ahem... afternoon), and actually sticking, I immediately set about to dress in m...
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