“How do you feel?” Sandi asked this morning. I’d just gotten the Covid vaccine yesterday.”Great!” I replied. Only I wasn’t thinking of the vaccine. I was thinking about the effects of the last couple of weeks on my body – mostly vegetables and no processed sugar.On our drive home from getting the vaccine we listened […]
It was November 2020. The woods were so silent that the sounds of my sleeping bag woke me up as l lay in the sandy soil. Looking up into the sky from the 20 oz sleeping bag I was testing, this is what I saw at 4:02 am shortly before getting up to bike the […]
When you can’t travel, why not think about past trips. Trips aren’t just about the moment, they also cause your world view to change. I would have had no mental image of the Galapagos had we not gone there. By working on this map, I feel like I better understand the past in a way […]
Last fall I posted about our bike ride from Jenkintown to New York City. This morning I wanted to make a digital pencil sketch map of the trip. My goal was it give some landmarks and have some sense of geography by using the coastline and major water areas. I’d rather be outside than sitting […]
I should be out taking photos in Burlington County, NJ. We finally have some decent sun. And I realize that it’s still March, but I could get a decent map cover photo.This morning I wanted to capture a different feel. And I worked with a basic Impasto Oil in Affinity Photo. The scene is Treasure […]
I was creating some videos about using MAPublisher, and they were very much “how to” videos that ended up being a half hour and tried to do too much.So I thought about how I might create a short video that is to the point – a video about how useful MAPublisher is when it comes […]
Why I made my own Horse-Shoe Trail maps There are times to create maps for pleasure, and there are times to create maps for an audience. “Creating a map” involves solving many little problems. I work on maps daily, and there’s always more to learn. This is the process that I can apply to my […]
My daughter Kate wanted to go bike camping, so we decided to bike to New York City via Philadelphia. We left from Jenkintown, and the route goes through Philadelphia. If you were to bike from Center City, the mileage would be about 3 miles further on the first day. Here is our trip map in […]
Tonight Kate and I talked about the benefits of SPD pedals. We are going to be biking quite a distance, and it will be easier than just using platform pedals. She’s riding a Breezer Greenway (non-electric) that we got a few years ago. Everyone in my family thinks the Breezers are the most comfortable bikes. […]