A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
I’ve been tinkering with this recipe for quite awhile. I think I might have finally gotten it right. My previous attempts resulted in something that was too sweet, or just completely unpalatable. My goal was to make something that still retained the characteristics of a martini, and not just be a chocolate shake with vodka. … Read More “Chocolate Martini” »
We went to see the new Star Trek movie on Saturday. Being a true Trekkie, I had been anticipating this one for a long time. By now everyone knows the drill – director J. J. Abrams’ intention was to reboot the series with new actors, telling the story of how the famous Enterprise crew first … Read More “Star Trek 90210” »
It’s been a good spring for the Wright sisters. Earlier this spring Amy won the Outstanding Research Scientist Award from Florida Atlantic University. Laura was able to go down for the awards ceremony. Last night Amy was able to return the favor. At commencement ceremonies for Furman University, Laura was given the Meritorious Teaching Award. … Read More “The Wright Stuff” »
I occasionally check to see what leads people to this website – what search terms they are using to find me, or what sites link to this one. Lately I’ve gotten lots of hits from search engines with people trying to find out how to embed Google Earth into Powerpoint. I had posted something a … Read More “Adding Google Earth to PowerPoint” »
Monday was my last SCASA Tech Leader’s Roundtable for the year. I had attended the last one via teleconference, and it didn’t go so well. So this time I decided to make the trip down to Columbia. Like most of the educational meetings I attend, the opportunity to interact with my peers is often more … Read More “The Scenic Route from Columbia” »
Lots happening, and not much time to write about it. Laura and I discussed this, and we blame Furman. Since they have gone on a semester schedule their term is ending much earlier, and that’s thrown us off completely. I think, “Oh, Furman’s commencement is next weekend, so my school must be winding down” when we actually have a month more to go. With the compressed schedule, it seems like more is happening each weekend, and this past one was no exception.
Session two of our Town and Country photo class was this evening. Most of our class gathered at Diane Hopkins-Hughs studio to critique the photos we took on the “town” portion of our walk in downtown Greenville. We were to select our five best shots and print them. I gamely jumped in and printed my … Read More “Photo Class Critique” »
NOTE: This location is now closed. We were on our own for lunch today. Laura had stuff to do at Furman, and I had a rehearsal this morning. I’d planned on something quick after rehearsal, so was en route to Taco Hell when I saw that Belgian Delights was now open. I had to give it a … Read More “Belgian Delights” »
For the past several weeks Diane McAlister’s first grade class at Reidville Elementary School has been writing to a class in Washington State, where each student had a pen pal. The culminating activity was a Skype teleconference with the other class. I had the privilege of visiting the class this past week while the conference … Read More “Skype Pals” »
As Laura put it, it was a weekend for puttering, not for heavy lifting. We started with some yard work Saturday morning, raking, blowing away pollen, spreading mulch, planting flowers, and even taking a few photos of said flowers.
I had gotten a message from my blogging friend Laura Llew that John Boyanoski would be signing copies of his books, Ghosts of Upstate South Carolina and More Ghosts of Upstate South Carolina, at Poor Richard’s Bookstore in Easley. I thought it might be fun to meet John, and to finally meet Laura L in person, so we headed out that way.