A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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For several weeks now I’ve noticed a rather unusual car as I’ve driven along North Pleasantburg Drive. Today I took the time to stop and take some photos, and do a bit of research on the vehicle. It turns out that the car is a Corbin Sparrow – a single seat, all electric car originally … Read More “Corbin Sparrow” »
Well, it looks like it’s time to give RandomConnections a bit of a sprucing up. A couple of weeks ago I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, and apparently it doesn’t like this particular theme. Several weird things are happening, such as the fact that it won’t show a link to previous entries, and … Read More “Time for a Change” »
Well, if things don’t work out with Purple Haze, at least I know where I can learn a new vocation. And it’s just up the road in Hendersonville.
Something to consider for Halloween… If vampires don’t show up on film, do they show up on digital? Just curious.
Once again, that season of gluttony has begun – the non-stop eating binge that lasts from early October through mid-February, and includes tailgating, Halloween candy, Thanksgiving feasts, Christmas parties, New Year’s, Super Bowl, and Valentines. Throw in St. Pat’s and Easter, and this thing could last half the year. The first harbinger of this season … Read More “Reflections on Candy Corn” »
The Soviet Union surprised the world 50 years ago today by launching Sputnik 1. Even though there have been lots of commentaries and rememberances, I wanted to mark the occasion here for a couple of reasons. First, there was the reaction in the US. There was the total shock that the Soviets could be us … Read More “Remembering Sputnik” »
This past week we learned of the passing of Dr. John E. Johns. Dr. Johns had been president of Furman University for eighteen years, from the 1970’s through the early 1990’s. He was president while I was an undergrad, and when Laura first started teaching at Furman. Dr. Johns’ tenure was marked by ever increasing … Read More “FU All the Time!” »
When we left for Seattle, things were still up in the air with our sick little cat, Winnie. She seemed to be improving, and still had so much life that we didn’t want to put her down just for our convenience. We left instructions with our vet and with our house sitter that if she … Read More “Cat Update” »
BoingBoing featured a link to a collection of French art from 1910 which was supposed to show life in the year 2000. As with most futuristic art from that period, the artist took the familiar and extrapolated what it would become. As with other collections of this sort, some of the images are eerily prescient, … Read More “That Grand, Glorious Future” »
I noticed the flags at half-mast as I drove by one of my schools, and I remembered. It was also Tuesday six years ago. We were gathering for our regular staff meeting, as we were today. Our meeting was interrupted with the news of the attack on the towers. Today we took a moment to … Read More “9-11 Coincidences” »