Inspired by Jason Tarnowski, who’s from Glen Lyon, PA and surveys mines, I looked at Penn State’s Mine Map Atlas. It’s pretty cool. Sometimes you see street maps, and other times you see the underground coal. You can just click on an area to view a map. There’s also an interesting history of Glen Lyon […]
When food is fresh, dinner lasts a little longer. Bread was my contribution to go along with fresh chicken noodle soup and stuffed mushrooms. I recommend this book: Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. Baking doesn’t have to be difficult.
I took this photo as Andy and I drove north to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s NE PA Annual Dinner. He pointed out that each side is a different shape. Rectangular on the northbound side. Circular on the southbound side. The circular side has big blowers near the ceiling. I probably had noticed this before but […]
After making progress with my javascript coding for the day, I got out into the sun on my bike and biked to the Delaware River.Couples walked through Lorimer Park. Cows were out at Fox Chase Farm. The Pennypack Trail was well used but not crowded. The creek smelled like subtle creek smells (if only I could […]
I got outside and took photos of raspberries, blackberries, blueberry plants, and mushrooms in our backyard. Creating a digital watercolor of the raspberries is a way to practice mapping. In addition, I’ve spent time immersing myself in drawings by Obi Kaufmann and Gary Trudeau.As I work in Photoshop, I think of the weight of a […]
When I headed through morning traffic onto the PA Turnpike, I wasn’t sure where I was going to work. Sometimes I like to just stop at the rest stop and work there. Call me weird. But it has wifi and I like the large open space. On a weekday morning there aren’t many people. Hickory […]
This summer out in Wyoming, I learned that there are male and female pine cones. And more recently (in the last few weeks), I’ve read The Overstory, by Richard Powers; The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter Wohlleben; Changes in the Land, by William Cronon; What is Landscape, by John Stilgoe; and The Accidental Farmers, […]