I bought a tiny video camera and video recorder. My goal is to take clips of blues jams and acts for my website. I was testing it out and, of course, Gracie was my first subject. My father worked with a photographer during WWII. He was stationed in various places, but one of his jobs […]
Wanderings
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Monthly Archives: May 2005
Birth of a Programmer
Friday, May 6, 2005
I was thinking about programming, wondering if the thrill was gone. I remembered the first real program that I ever ran and how I felt when it completed successfully. I wrote it up. Read The Birth of a Programmer.
1975, A couple of kids in love
Thursday, May 5, 2005
My Mom found this picture of Erica and me in 1975. It was at my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary.We were married over a year. We were just 24 and I had been fired from my job. We made the rent by doing Flea Markets. We sold junk that I found at the side of the […]
TZ Bridge
Thursday, May 5, 2005
http://www.thruway.state.ny.us/webcams/tz1/index-hs.html Every morning, I cross the Tappan Zee Bridge to get to work. This morning it took me 1 hour and 35 minutes to go 14 miles. The picture above, snatched when I finally made it in, shows no backup. I think the traffice just huddled around me and slowed only me. That’s my home […]
Diving Duck at Rockland Lake
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck I would swim to the bottom Drink myself back up – Muddy Waters Cormerant at Rockland Lake I took a really nice picture of James White and his wife.
Tips on Spinning Cat Hair
Tuesday, May 3, 2005
I have often thought that there should be a use for all the cat hair that gets all over everthing Tips on Spinning Cat Hair Now if I could find an article on what to do with the clothes dryer lint, I’d be happy.
Tombstones from Clarkstown Cemetery
Monday, May 2, 2005
Tombstone Originally uploaded by keithgraham. I took about 50 pictures of the cemetery next to my house. Most of the people in it are my ancestors, but I didn’t know this until I moved into the house.
Fiddlehead Weekend
Monday, May 2, 2005
I scored some fiddlehead ferns over the weekend. They taste like asparagus without the sourness. I steamed them and had some last night with dinner. They are only available for two weeks in the spring from a few farms in Connecticut. A rare experience. My microphone went on eBay for $150. I am building a […]