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Out of the Darkroom: April 2014
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Out of the Darkroom. Monday, April 7, 2014. So we went to Australia. And it was wonderful. I love a sunburnt country,. A land of sweeping plains,. Of ragged mountain ranges,. Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons,. I love her jewel-sea,. Her beauty and her terror. The wide brown land for me! From "My Country" by Dorothea MacKeller. Sydney was far more vertical than I imagined. Prince Harry was on one of the boats in the Harbour. Probably not on this tall ship, though. In addition to his...
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Out of the Darkroom: It's a Girl Thing
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Out of the Darkroom. Thursday, August 21, 2014. It's a Girl Thing. There's a new face at the barn. His name is Star and he was born very early Tuesday morning. He won't be at our barn very long- his owner intends to move him and his mother to a pasture- but we are all just gaga over him. Ah, the young of any species. Long and wobbly legs at about 18 hours of life. Ooops, tired. Nap time. Something was going on. But I've never been able to get through The Black Stallion. Many young girls read these and mo...
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Out of the Darkroom: Ace Shows Off
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Out of the Darkroom. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Ace went to the CalNet Horse Show on Sunday, where he was ridden by two of the girls in the Total Equestrian Experience. Riding program. This was his first official dressage show. It was a schooling show and he competed in Training Levels 1 and 2. Unfortunately, the videos are too large to post. But I do have stills. Team Ace prepares the boy for competition. Training Level 1 with Abby in the saddle. Training Level 2 with Jillian. The show was at the Equidome at...
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Out of the Darkroom: September 2013
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Out of the Darkroom. Saturday, September 28, 2013. I am up too late trying to take care of a thousand little things that need to get done before I get on a plane Tuesday night. That is, if I actually get on a plane Tuesday night. It is up in the air, so to speak. Once I renewed my passport, it was a 15 minute adventure on-line, but I got it done. Less than 72 hours before departure, Len still doesn't have his. On Monday morning, he was informed he would have to get a chest x-ray. Why? Links to this post.
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Out of the Darkroom: April 2015
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Out of the Darkroom. Tuesday, April 14, 2015. And, Len was recognized by people with cameras along the way. Yay us. Eventually, I expect I will find one. It also gave him an opportunity to talk with his old boss, Stan Lee, basking in the glory that a 90 year old legend is entitled to. As Len says, he's one of the few people Stan actually remembers, even if Stan is so blind he has to hear Len's voice to recognize him. Stan has a handler, who also recognizes Len, so that went well. Links to this post.
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Out of the Darkroom: March 2013
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Out of the Darkroom. Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Being a teenager pretty much sucks for almost everyone. That's why Janis Ian's song "At Seventeen" resonates. Last night was another in my series of "things I wish I could tell my fourteen year old self so she would know it gets really great, not just better.". I spoke briefly with Charles Dance, who appeared to be in attendance by himself. I loved him in The Jewel in the Crown on PBS back in the 1980s. He is formidable as Tywin, and has quite a scene...I was...
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Out of the Darkroom: December 2014
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Out of the Darkroom. Wednesday, December 3, 2014. Fun in the Rain in L.A. Last night, my husband and I braved the rain and headed across the valley to catch a screening of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies. These things happen a lot, but I still find it amusing: the security guard went all fan-boy on Len when we gave his name. "Len Wein of Marvel fame? Which pleased Len a lot, because it is one of Len's favorite runs on any book (rivaled by his stint on Batman. The Hobbit Part 3 opens in two weeks...
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Out of the Darkroom: July 2012
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Out of the Darkroom. Wednesday, July 25, 2012. The trip to San Diego rarely is. What looked like it was going to be a reasonably time trip when it only took about an hour and a quarter to get to Costa Mesa came to a screeching halt when we got to Oceanside and crawled the rest of the way into San Diego. Total time: almost four hours for a trip that runs about 130 miles. So called "Christians" protesting at Comic-con. I'm not inclined to stand in front of a church with placards reminding the attendees tha...
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Out of the Darkroom: June 2015
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Out of the Darkroom. Monday, June 15, 2015. Life on the Farm. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The King of the Wind and Me. Los Angeles, California, United States. I'm a professional photographer, a recovering attorney, an adjunct instructor of photography at a local community college and a four-time Jeopardy! View my complete profile. Follow me on Twitter. Cook Book Book Club, Meeting #3. Jeb Bush Campaign Lies about a Photograph [or Not]. Blog and Pony Show. Halt Near X . com. I wasn't q...
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Out of the Darkroom: The Sunburned Country
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Out of the Darkroom. Monday, April 7, 2014. So we went to Australia. And it was wonderful. I love a sunburnt country,. A land of sweeping plains,. Of ragged mountain ranges,. Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons,. I love her jewel-sea,. Her beauty and her terror. The wide brown land for me! From "My Country" by Dorothea MacKeller. Sydney was far more vertical than I imagined. Prince Harry was on one of the boats in the Harbour. Probably not on this tall ship, though. In addition to his...
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