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< January 2008 >

January 1, 2008
Looks just like last year. Hey - don`t put your lips on that thing! The cemetery crew was probably not please to see my car parked on the roadways they were trying to plow. `An inch or two,` they said. They were wrong. I must admit to some disappointment that the boxes didn`t tumble off the cart. It would`ve made for a better picture.

January 2, 2008
Sledding is 90% perspiration and 10% exhilaration. I don`t fish, but I like to angle. A difficult shot to pull off, especially for a righty. When the weather is this cold, it`s best to keep moving. The water just refroze once it hit the ground.

January 3, 2008
The tracks I made getting that last shot. Lack of trust. The Martian landscape of dinner. A nice, comfortable place to sit and think deep thoughts, such as `What am I doing out here? It`s freezing!` Ice skating is probably not a good idea.

January 4, 2008
The tracks I made getting that last shot. Were you at the photography workshop I taught this morning? About 40 people were. At least two of the 40 people liked the class. Colorful wall at Wegerzyn. When the weather is this cold, it`s best to keep still.

January 5, 2008
Textiles from Panama. It takes me about 90 seconds to take down all my Christmas decorations. Before. During. After.

January 6, 2008
The sisterhood. The dangerous circular staircase again: it must be the first night of a new photography class (see January 9, 2006, and February 1, 2006). Into the woods. Smokestacks. Chain link fence.

January 7, 2008
Rusty pine needles. Steeple sunrise. Read a book. I bought a new camera! But it`s not for me, it`s for students to check out of the library. I spent this afternoon at the pool.

January 8, 2008
Some strangely creative person put this in a planter. I happened to see it as I passed, so I`m sharing it with you. Is that red stained glass? Is that red stained glass? Is that red stained glass?. `Let`s set up our vendor table here, and tape our sign over this photograph. Nobody cares about photographs.`

January 9, 2008
Kind of heavy to wear around the neck. A different plane of existence. Try to do a little bit of this every day. Five golden rings. Getting ready for my next exhibition.

January 10, 2008
In the meanwhile, I just go to other people`s exhibitions. 10:45am: dentist. 2:45pm: eye doctor. Me after the eye doctor. It`s hard to take pictures with pupils the size of a dime.

January 11, 2008
A dollar store prop for tomorrow`s photography seminar. Participants in my photography workshop completing an exercise about motion blur. `Catch me if you can!` If a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her. I CORINTHIANS 11:15a Apple juice optics, lesson 1.

January 12, 2008
Apple juice optics, lesson 2. Today`s pictures cost me $6, but that kept me out of the cold rain. They just don`t make `em like that anymore. In fact, Packard just don`t make anything anymore. I`ll be sitting at a traffic light one day and some cop will notice that my tags are expired. Rich Corinthian leather.

January 13, 2008
Our records indicate your last oil change was in 1946. Where I PREFERRED to eat lunch today: an empty dining room. Scenes from an empty dining room. No one sitting nearby to wonder, `Why is that guy taking a picture of his lunch?` CAUTION: the previous three captions are warning signs of misanthropy.

January 14, 2008
Six months of `National Geographic.` Yo, dude! It`s 17 degrees. Though it`s only 17 degrees, I managed to find some flowers outdoors today. Chapel ceiling. When you move your camera close to an object, the spherical lens may cause optical distortion.

January 15, 2008
It`s better to `get close` to an object using the zoom lens instead. Cat on a hot tin roof. Dog on a cold stone sidewalk. Did Amber write this, or one of her admirers? Could this be Amber?

January 16, 2008
Peek-a-bird. A boy and his sphere. Inside the restaurant (as seen from outside). It`s a sad day when a gasoline rainbow is the most interesting thing I see. Exit strategy.

January 17, 2008
Inside the playground slide (as seen from outside). They`re really berry good. Double exposure. Going around in circles. All right, who left these footprints up here?

January 18, 2008
Voila da gamba, or `viol of the leg.` During another season, this would be dew. Fake bee. Fake grass. Real grass.

January 19, 2008
Around the frozen swamp there were frequent loud POPs as the ice settled. Glasses in the dishwasher. Water in the sink. Not the blinds again! It`s a soprano thing.

January 20, 2008
For the soprano. The only movement on the prairie today was because of the wind. The wind has the same effect on grass that it has on sand. A weed, I suppose, but it still looks nice. Next year`s thistles.

January 21, 2008
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. ECCLESIASTES 1:5 Why I bring my camera with me when I go to lunch. Stuff with snow on it, part 1. Stuff with snow on it, part 2. Stuff with snow on it, part 3.

January 22, 2008
I`m so proud of myself when I take a picture that isn`t a closeup of something small. It costs a lot of money to take pictures using film. I shoot digital which (after a rather huge initial investment) is free. `GET ME OUTTA THIS TRASH CAN!!` Who`s the slimiest rat in the pack? Captain Hook! Captain Hook! What if my name isn`t Jack?

January 23, 2008
They`re just pretending . . . this time. A dry run. I`ll hang pictures for real in another week. It`s not enough. The horizon is marred by numerous radio towers, but do we really communicate with each other? Don`t ask me -- I didn`t write it.

January 24, 2008
What, again? I just paid taxes last year. Dietary supplement. I sit in a library all day, and then afterward I come here. Ummm . . . where`s the DELETE button? They`re always watching you.

January 25, 2008
Quittin` time. It`s that time of year again: winter guard. This early in the season, some teams seem like they`re still in hibernation. But they will continue to improve until the world championships in April. When this team came out, one of the mothers said, `Honey, brush your hair.` Funny, mom, funny.

January 26, 2008
Spectator now, competitor later. I thought you said you`d meet me today, but we must`ve gotten our wires crossed. Vandalized van. When this seed sprouts, it will grow a Christmas tree. [Play music from `Jaws` here]

January 27, 2008
Sunday night in the practice room. Can I borrow a nickel? In a hurry? Receding hairlines. O STOP!

January 28, 2008
I`m sure Shakespeare had bad days when he wrote dull sonnets, just like I have bad days when I take dull pictures. What one photographs when one really doesn`t want to go outside. Just on the other side of this glass . . . is winter. This is at a bowling alley, but it doesn`t look like it. This looks like it`s at a bowling alley, but it`s not.

January 29, 2008
Rainy window. Like little chubby soldiers. Concealed within the brush, a lion stalks its prey. The Gem City. Mostly I take pictures of females, but every once in a while I photograph a man.

January 30, 2008
Crushed ice. Woman`s best friend. `I have no idea what YOU`RE doing, but I`m just going to sit here and look cute.` Obviously not my place (note the dog dish). Hovering above the restaurant.

January 31, 2008
Lettuce eat.

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