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“I’ll take ‘KINDS OF RAMAS’ for $1000, Ken”
The answer: “This type of widescreen photograph can be created in Lightroom by stitching together multiple photographs from a single vantage point.” “What is a panorama?” Last Sunday I was at Chestnut Ridge park on a wonderfully clear day, and thus I … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, On Exploring Photography, Photographic Documentation
Tagged Buffalo, Photo Posts, Photography (the subect), WNY Love Letter
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Checking in! And here are some tabs!
Hello, everyone! As noted several days ago, we have company from out of town and we’re having a good time doing the usual “cheerful visit from out of town” stuff, hence the lack of posting. Things should start normalizing tomorrow…but … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday (and light posting ahead)
We are currently entertaining a visit from my brother-in-law, so posting will likely be light here until the weekend. That being the case, it’s time for Franz von Suppe! Here is the Poet and Peasant Overture.
Posted in On Music
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Sun and Moon (and clouds)
In Buffalo, the eclipse was simultaneously an astonishingly powerful and deeply disappointing experience. Clouds were in the forecast all along, but for the last several days, local meteorologists were constantly offering up reasons for optimism…which turned to “Sorry, we’re not … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, On Nature, On Science and the Cosmos
Tagged Buffalo, Nature, Science, WNY Love Letter
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Something for Thursday
In honor of Monday’s eclipse….
Vlogging Adventures: Best Reads of 2023
Get thyselves to YouTube to watch my newest video, in which I discuss my favorite reads of 2023! (I know! Timely!) Or…just watch it right here. And as always, please “Like” and “Subscribe”!
Tone Poem Tuesday
A work today by composer Nina Shekhar. The work is called Lumina, and rather than me introducing it, I’ll let the composer herself do it: And here is Lumina. This is a fascinating listen! I found this piece suggested in … Continue reading
National Poetry Month begins….
A Ballad of Baseball Burdens The burden of hard hitting. Slug away Like Honus Wagner or like Tyrus Cobb.Else fandom shouteth: “Who said you could play? Back to the jasper league, you minor slob!” Swat, hit, connect, line out, get on the job.Else … Continue reading
Sergei Rachmaninoff, 151
Born this date: Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of my very favorite musical voices in history. Last year was his 150th, and it seemed to me that we did not hear nearly enough about him back then. I wrote quite a lot … Continue reading
Today in Bookbanning
Let’s see what the bookbanners are up to, shall we? I know, it’s depressing work, but these people are relentless and they are finding more and more creative ways to tighten the noose around books, free expression, and those of … Continue reading →