A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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I was running a bit late for lunch today so I decided a quick hamburger at Hardees was in order. As usual, I had my current book with me, and planned to read a couple of chapters while I ate. When I take my book into fast food places, especially around here, I tend to … Read More “VE Encounter” »
Twenty years ago today Laura agreed (probably against her better judgment) to marry me. To celebrate the anniversary of our engagement, we decided to keep it fairly simple and do a dinner and a movie out. We wanted to catch Leatherheads before it left the big screen, and with my busy concert schedule it was … Read More “An Anniversary Dinner & Movie” »
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” »
It finally cleared off a bit, so I decided to go for a walk around our neighborhood. First, I got distracted by the tulips growing in our own front yard. I stopped to take a few shots as they were back lit by the afternoon sun. My walk took me to the new cul-du-sac at … Read More “Neighborhood Update and a Bit of Spring” »
It being a rainy Saturday morning, I decided to update this website. First, I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress (v 2.5) which was set loose into the wild just this week. I’ve been having a few glitchy problems with this site that I had hoped 2.5 would fix. The new admin interface and … Read More “New Look and an Anniversary for Random Connections” »
I popped by the main branch of the Greenville County Library this morning, ostensibly to see if they had a recording of Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem, since I’m performing it in two weeks. As frequently happens when I visit, I find other things that catch my attention. This time it was a set of CDs … Read More “Library Encounters and Dilemmas” »
This past week the South Carolina State Supreme Court upheld the City of Greenville’s ordinance banning smoking in restaurants and other public establishments within the city limits. While I’m delighted that the ban has been upheld, I got to see another side of it first hand this morning. I tried to go out for breakfast … Read More “No Smoking @ Gene’s” »
It turned out to be a more exciting Easter weekend than we had planned. Chip had invited us for lunch after church, then John Ellenberg offered to fly us from Greenville to Newberry in his twin-engine Beechcraft Baron to visit the parents. Glynda, Chip, and I took John up on his offer. We took off … Read More “Easter Flight” »
I had written several weeks ago about this being the earliest Easter any of us were ever going to see. With temperatures dropping into the 30’s at night and flowers just now opening, it does seem like Easter is too soon. Regardless, we decided that early must be the theme, so we went to the … Read More “Early Easter at Fourth” »