Today’s micro.blog photo word thing is Reflection. This is the first photo that came to mind, from sometime in the late 1990’s. I shot this on color infrared slide film, which produces these crazy and somewhat-unpredictable false colors. Sometimes I miss shooting film! 📷🎞️

To no one’s surprise I was my High School AV Geek. This was my “go anywhere, do anything” pass, which I…took advantage of. It’s signed by the AV Department head, a somewhat token job so he could coach school sports. Great guy. He died in a house fire last week. Sad nostalgia with this one. 📷📺

A hula hoop held by my then-three-year-old daughter while she sits on my shoulders, all in shadow. Said daughter is now 15; something something shadow metaphor. 📷

“A smile is a curve that can get a lot of things straight.” 📷🥠

Not a new photo, but one of my favorites. I was touring a local historic site and came upon this enormous tree trunk. I asked a friend to pose for scale. A receipt was found for the tree. I forget the details but planted about 145 years ago. 📷

First trip to SFO since pre-pandemic. Sight-seeing then 🍎🤓-seeing. I’ve been so off the social network grid I have no idea who I’ll see.

Anyone have a recommendation on where to order a nice book of family photos? I haven’t made one since Apple did it from within iPhoto. Looking for decent but not super-fancy. Definitely no printer logos anywhere to be seen, that’s just ugly.

Finished reading: We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker 📚

Finished reading about two weeks ago: Flight & Anchor by Nicole Kornher-Stace 📚 A fun prequel to Firebreak, which I read last year.

I gave a talk to local scouts last night (I’m a local government “official” in my spare time). Great discussion. I did not expect a followup question on the second amendment. Kids think about school shootings.

My Apple Watch (Ultra) has begun taking screenshots on its own. Usually several per day, beginning 3-4 weeks ago. I imagine I’m pressing my wrist back into the buttons. I’m unsure how or why this began - not wearing it any differently than when I first got it a few months ago. Same band, etc.

You know it’s a good party when…

For reasons unknown, I’ve just completed binge-watching the entire 1950’s Adventures of Superman with George Reeves. One take-away: At no time in the series did Superman change the course of even one mighty river.

Solitude on the water. 📷

The weather was delightful last week for our vacation. One morning I made pancakes on the grill by the beach.

The same little twist-tie has kept this suitcase secure during air travel for thirty years. (Welcome to the March 2023 micro.blog photo challenge!) 📷

I finally decided I’d try ChatGPT. It requires a login, so I created an account with a single-use email as I do with all services. Then it insisted on a cell phone number, which I don’t use for any non-critical authentication. I have a Google Voice number for such things, so I used that. But it wouldn’t take a “virtual phone number.” Then it made sense, a creepy internet robot only knows how to be creepy. Not worth it to me, so I closed the window.

Cheese, and accessories.

Added a new item to my collection of obsolete-but-beautiful tech.

I don’t mind being as old as I am, but I’ve had enough of grownupping for a while.

Finished reading: Annie Leibovitz. The early years 1970-1983 by Luc Sante 📚

Last night I gave a talk on local government to 25 ten-year-old scouts. I’m so impressed how aware and engaged they are, with incredibly insightful questions. I can’t wait until they’re old enough to attend Town Meeting!

Finished reading: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker 📚I enjoyed this quite a bit. I’m a big fan of live music, so I sympathized with the characters. An easy read. Shouldn’t be challenging for those who aren’t SciFi fans.

Currently reading: A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker 📚

Finished reading: What If? 2 by Randall Munroe 📚