Waiting or striving? Consuming or producing? Maybe these are dualisms, and maybe they aren’t accurate. But the concept of biding time and finding purpose is very real for people who would normally be working long hours. What follows probably isn’t of interest to anybody, but this is a glimpse of what I’m up to at […]
This morning I was learning about Snellenburg’s, a department store that was on Market Street across from Reading Terminal. I had been reading the WPA Guide from 1937, comparing it to the Baedeker’s London Guide from 1911 that Paul Bunting loaned me. The Baedeker’s Guide has more interesting information as well as somewhat mundane information. […]
Today I made this painting in Photoshop based on a photo I took yesterday as we flew over Harrisburg. Pennsylvania was a ripple of farm valleys between tree covered mountain ridges. This scene from the air is south of where Juniata River runs into the Susquehanna by Duncannon.This has been a really frustrating day. What […]