Welcome to the 8th Annual edition of this post. I started 2018 in Key West, which is an interesting place, and one that left me with a couple of things to report, but for which I wasn’t able to get a picture. Actually, the first of those happened in Miami Beach. Katie and I were … Continue reading Start Your Year with a Smile – 2019
Category: Fun Stuff
Start Your Year With a Smile – 2018 Edition
Welcome to the 2018 Edition of my photographic year in review. A couple of modest themes will show up later on, but for the most part we're just going to dive right in. Sometimes fusion works really well. Like with cuisine. And jazz. As a retail concept, though, maybe it can be just a bit … Continue reading Start Your Year With a Smile – 2018 Edition
Start Your Year with a Smile – 2017 Edition
Here it is - Year 7 of the photo blog. This year, I had 94 pictures to choose from, including a few that were sent by friends and (gasp) family. I decided to keep it clean – strictly PG. Except, of course, for when I didn't. Which means that the hardest part of this job … Continue reading Start Your Year with a Smile – 2017 Edition
Start Your Year With a Smile – 2016 Edition
It’s Year 6 of the photo blog and we're going to dive right in. This is my annual look-back at the year just ended. What follows are the best pictures or screen captures I took (and in a few cases, that friends sent me) from all of 2015. In one way or another, they are … Continue reading Start Your Year With a Smile – 2016 Edition
Just Plain Not Smart Enough
Political commentary coming shortly, but first, here are two recent conversations, one that I overheard and one that I was part of. Overheard: The other day, in my neighborhood Walgreen’s, I saw a skinny young man who was wearing pants that defied gravity and an oversized baseball cap that was overwhelmed by it. I thought he … Continue reading Just Plain Not Smart Enough
Start Your Year With A Smile – 2014 Edition
Welcome to Year 5 of my annual photo review. Once again, I went into the year afraid that I'd get nothing and once again I got lots. Once again, I had help from friends and family. And once again there's the silly, the absurd, and the in-the-kind-of-bad-taste-that-appeals-mostly-to-inner-13-year-olds-like-me. Don't say I didn't warn you. This year instead of themes, … Continue reading Start Your Year With A Smile – 2014 Edition
My Neighborhood Has a Moose! Does Yours?
I usually pay attention to things with more redeeming social importance than this. Except when I don't. Which is often. Including now. . . Yesterday and again today, I've been busy getting ready for a week of business travel. Lots of desk time catching up, cleaning up and prepping. And a curious distraction. There's … Continue reading My Neighborhood Has a Moose! Does Yours?
Speaking Plainly
Having been away for a long time, I owe my handful of faithful readers something better than this. But it's what I've got for you. Perhaps you heard that the King of Spain recently abdicated the throne. You know what this means, of course: The reign in Spain went lamely down the drain. <sigh> Finally … Continue reading Speaking Plainly
Start Your Year With A Smile
This is now the fourth consecutive year for this photo missive. One of the benefits of it becoming a habit is that I’m starting to get photos from friends and family, for which I'm truly grateful. Takes some of the pressure off. I'm also grateful for the good fortune of a great scene that presented … Continue reading Start Your Year With A Smile
Start Your Year With a Smile
The fun photos and fails are back for the third consecutive year. This year, they fell pretty neatly into several categories, so we’ll tackle them that way. But not quite yet. . . You can't tell much from this picture, but the story is worth sharing. This Dunkin' Donuts is on Mannheim Road, near one … Continue reading Start Your Year With a Smile
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