Month January 2014

Disputes

The video I published in December, aptly named Ice, has become the subject of copyright disputes.  In question is the background music.   As I understand it, when content is submitted to YouTube an automated process–a robot–is activated to assess…

Bread and Water

Beer, Bokeh, Bottle, Content, Drink, Drinking Accessoire, Food, Household Item, Image type, Photography, Still life, Thing

Earlier I reported the arrival of a bread maker.  To this point I have tried a number of recipes but I think the consensus of opinion among our family on which is the favourite is this light rye.   A…

The Store-Provided Plastic Bag

Content, Person

The time has come to discard the hoard kept-under-the-counter-in-the-kitchen of plastic bags.  Having them offered some sense of comfort.  Always a place to put something.  Once with so many uses now whittled away to none, they can no longer be…

Winter

Content, Dark, Leading Lines, Natural Phenomenon, Nature, Night, Other, Photography, Rain, Snow, Time, Water, Winter

I arrive in the dark.  I leave in the same. 100 meters from car to door. The cold is biting and brittle. Windchill.  It is relentless.  Glasses fog on entry.