A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
It’s only 25 miles away, but it might as well be in another state. Never mind that I work in the county that bears its name, but to me Spartanburg is a foreign land. That feeling was hammered home this week as I’ve been attending rehearsals with the Spartanburg Festival Chorus for a performance of … Read More “Visiting Sparkleberry” »
This morning on my way to work I listened to NPR’s segment on food riots in Haiti. All this week they have been doing a series of stories on spiraling food costs, and how this is affecting developing nations. Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis was ousted because of the food shortages, resulting in a governmental vacuum … Read More “Putting Food into Perspective” »
This week our school district went live with it’s new website – www.spart5.net. In addition to a URL change, the site has an entirely new look and feel than our old site did. In addition to the cosmetic changes, there are some other behind-the-scenes changes. First, we’re not hosting the site locally. A group called … Read More “New Website, New Headaches” »
Last week I was going to write a post about the new imagery for the city of Greenville in Google Earth. Things got busy over the weekend, and I had to delay writing about it. In the meantime, I learned that Google Earth was releasing version 4.3 this week, so I decided to hold off … Read More “New Imagery and Version for Google Earth” »
Back in March my brother Stephen wrote about one Methodist Church publicizing the pastor’s and assistant pastor’s salaries in its 2008 Budget Report. Steve wasn’t too please with this, stating that “…a pastor’s salary is a covenant matter between the pastor, the church and the Conference…” When I first read that I wasn’t sure how … Read More “Salary Revelations” »
For my birthday back in December Laura had given me tickets to Spamalot at the Peace Center. It seemed light April 12 would never get here, but finally the time arrived, and we headed downtown Saturday night for the performance. Any time a beloved work of art (if this can be considered such) is transformed … Read More “Spamalot” »
I’m sure that Gordon Ramsay would prefer that his name be associated with the four-star restaurants where he has been chef and owner. However, most Americans know him through his BBC show, “Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares,” where he spends a week trying to save failing restaurants. So now, having a “Gordon Ramsay experience” has very little … Read More “Larkins on the River” »
This morning the dark sky served to throw the brilliant colors of azaleas, dogwoods, flowers, and the newly green leaves of trees into stark relief. Even with a threat of rain, I thought it might be a good time to go out and get some photos. I fell back into default mode, and headed downtown. … Read More “Heavy Processing on Falls Park” »
Yesterday I read in my fellow Flickr photographer Duckhunter’s blog about his problems with ordering a regular coffee at a Starbucks. My first thought was, “Nah, this has got to be an over-reaction.” Well, this morning I had an opportunity to jump in with my own criticisms of Starbucks. First, the setting – I normally … Read More “Starbucks Encounters” »
Forget geocaching and geotagging. Some folks are coming up with even more creative ways of using GPS technology. The New York Times ran an article about some of these new uses, which basically involve tracking valuables. Kathy Besa of Broomall, Pa., has a device about the size of a pocket pager attached to the collar … Read More “Creative Uses of GPS” »