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The last day of the workshop was lovely. Much of it was spent hanging about, shopping in downtown Flagstaff, and enjoying many "last" moments: last trip to Macy's coffee shop, last drinks at the balcony bar, last dinner with the whole group (sadly, minus one). One of the unexpected high points of the trip was a late night trip to the Lowell ( Read more... )

While chilling outside after our critiquing session ended, this butterfly stood still long enough for me to snap a picture:


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Look at what I came across on my way to jury duty this morning! I guess you really can buy anything in NYC:


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Just updating to mention that I'm on jury duty today and tomorrow, and possibly longer than that if I'm selected for a jury. So far I haven't been, but they're selecting for a case now that could last two weeks. Yikes. It's been a fun and interesting day though. The jury clerk is hilarious; you can tell he's been doing this for a long time and has ( Read more... )

One of my many wonderful Christmas presents this year was a new digital camera--the first I've ever owned, in fact! I'd been holding out for a long while for a digital SLR, but the prohibitive price and bulk convinced me to go for a compact with some manual control for now. I was given just the thing: the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ8 (thanks to jethrien for ( Read more... )