Archive for September, 2008

Marriage is a nightmare

Mere minutes ago I was giving Caleb hugs and kisses before bed. We have some of our best conversations at bedtime.
The other night he was a little wild so I told him we better meditate. We sat on his bed cross legged, our thumb and middle fingers together in the shape of “o” and chanting, [...]

The great garage debate

Lee and I have a great marriage. We spend time together. We laugh together. It’s almost perfect.
Except for one thing.
There is this nagging issue that we just can’t get past. A hurdle we just can’t get over. A hill we just can’t climb.
And that is…
Which side of the garage is the front and which side [...]

Another post with me droning on and on about how much I hate film photography

Thursday night we ended up back in the darkroom to learn how to make proof sheets and enlargements. When you make enlargements you don’t need to be in complete darkness like you do when developing your film. So there was no inappropriate touching or scary ghost stories this time.
Instead we got to work in the [...]

I’m almost famous

I’m going to be on TV. Well not me, exactly. But my name will be in the credits. On the Big Ten Network. Who woulda thunk? Me on the Big Ten Network.
Ok, ok. What the heck am I talking about?
Well the University of Iowa has created a program about this summer’s flood here in Iowa; [...]