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October 30, 2009
My wife graciously offered to take care of all the morning duties on Thursday, allowing me a much needed (and appreciated) dawn surf session. It was still dark when I got up at 6:30 and by the time the sun actually rose above the horizon I had already been in the water for a good […]
October 28, 2009
To those of you who pay attention to the date stamps on these posts I know what you’re thinking… “Wow Mark, three posts in one day.” I know, I’m not sure what’s come over me, but I keep meaning to write this one and need to do it before I forget again.
Maine Moose in the […]
October 27, 2009
I want to share links to these amazing color images made in the early 1900s by the Russian chemist/photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. Check out this page to see the images quickly, but check out this page to learn more about the man and his process.
In life, there are many different schools of thought on everything. In few areas are those differences debated as passionately as in parenting. I try to be as careful in discussions on parenting techniques as I am in political ones. My own philosophy on parenting is (for the most part) go with what works. The […]
October 23, 2009
Being a native of the New York Metropolitan area living in Maine is hard when you have a craving for a good sandwich (or slice of pizza). There just aren’t that many good examples of either around here. That is why it is so exciting to discover a place like Back Cove Deli. The first […]
October 20, 2009
This past Saturday was beautiful. It was the kind of fall day that makes you forget all about the approaching winter. Each grandmother took a granddaughter which gave me some free time to work in the yard. And I took the long way between drop offs and pick ups in order to snap some pics. […]
October 13, 2009
I think at the end of this week I will have been driving my 300TD for just as much time as it has spent in the shop. The tail end was severely worn out and sagging dramatically when I bought it. Without going into too much detail, the rear suspension on these wagons is a […]
October 9, 2009
It isn’t easy for me to think seriously about image making in the digital format. I have shot thousands of snapshots with our digital point & shoot, so making the switch to the SLR and trying to make pictures that are more considered/composed is a big adjustment. Here are a few of my recent attempts…
Lifted […]
October 6, 2009
I’d like to share a link to an article I found on the Orion Magazine website called “Making Other Arrangements” by author James Howard Kunstler. It’s not like I read a ton, but (in my humble opinion) Kunstler is one of the best and most poignant contemporary non fiction writers out there. If you’ve never […]
October 5, 2009
In the spring of 2008 I decided it was finally time to pick up a digital slr. After using a borrowed Nikon D70 a few times and doing a little online research I settled on a used D80. I liked the idea of being able to mount old lenses, and I found that the cropped […]