• 24 hours

    24 hours

    Yesterday, my anxiety was sky high. Everything seemed bleak, and depression set it. I couldn’t concentrate on work, and nothing seemed to matter anymore. After after seeing the devastation Trump and his cronies were not only causing to American citizens but to people all around the world, after watching Macron’s speech where he invited French…

  • Normal is good

    Normal is good

    WARNING: This post contains some graphic descriptions of bodily functions. Please read at your own peril. When you reach the age of 50, that’s when the real testing starts. For women, it’s mammograms in a two year interval. Then colon cancer screening. Every two years. Pap smears, every three years. Blood tests regularly. Because as…

  • I slept

    I slept

    Well, I completely messed this up, didn’t I? I’m not even new to this game. I was able to snag a PS5 for my son at 2 AM from the online store of a grocery chain. I preordered cameras before. I knew I had to be awake, online, or call ahead to be on the…

  • Let’s face it – you suck at photography

    You have an expensive camera. A “pro” camera, so to speak. It cost an arm and two legs. You have a bunch of lenses. You have a tripod. Two flashes. Remotes. You have a gazillion bags, one for every occasion. You suffer from GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) and LE (lens envy) and any other disease…

  • About Aging

    About Aging

    The other day I glanced in the mirror and recoiled from my own image: I looked like I was 65. The skin under my eyes was hanging in folds, my neck was wrinkly and droopy, and I felt like I was waking up from a dream in which I had been young and smooth. I…

  • The Meaning of Photography

    In March of 2020, just before the lockdown hit, I purchased a Fujifilm X100V camera. It was the second X100 I ever owned, after having purchased the original X100 in 2011 when it was first released. While I loved the camera back then, it had a few shortcomings, and I ended up selling it, but…