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  • Heavy Metal Fashion

    Heavy Metal Fashion

    Fashion! Fashion! Fashion! At MMoA, we spent a good portion of time in the Knights in Shining Armor galleries, H.o.p. ogling metal and me taking dozens of photos for him since he’s been knight crazy for a year and I knew he’d want to be able to later study the different styles of armor…which is…

  • Upstairs

    We have living above us the next Coen Brother’s movie plot. You think I’m joking. I’m not. I’m dead serious about it. And, no matter how much I love the Coen Brothers (“The Big Lebowski’s” dude is my hero) I don’t want the plot of their next movie living above us because DAMN IT the…

  • This is taking forever

    This is taking forever

    Cactus and Palms and Pink Condo, Arizona View Larger On White

  • "And then I saw everyone around running…"

    Guns and gunfire seem to be all over the news this week. Apropos, Marty, on his way home, stops at the grocery store near here. Upon leaving, he almost walked right into a bullet. As he stepped out from between a row of cars, approaching ours, he hears BANG and then realizes some guy standing…

  • THE FACE OF TOMORROW'S ART, TODAY

    Despite my not liking The Nutcracker, I made it a point last week to sit with H.o.p. each night for Ovation’s “Battle of the Nutcrackers”. Well, except for the first night. Missed that one. My brain still hurts. To get me back it keeps repeating several bar snippets of Nutcracker music. * * * *…

  • 12,000 square feet (more or less) of darkness filled with monolithic shadows deflating…

    12,000 square feet (more or less) of darkness filled with monolithic shadows deflating…

    Party at Monkey Joe’s, 2007 Light box enlargement Party at Monkey Joe’s, 2007 We figured it would be nice to have a birthday party for H.o.p. at one of those play places that have all the inflatables. Marty had suggested Bouncing Bob’s but it was rather expensive. So, though I thought it would be cool…

  • Watch "The Story of Stuff"

    Head over to Youtube and watch every chapter of “The Story of Stuff”–the Intro, Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, Disposal and Another Way. Or view the film at The Story of Stuff website.

  • Double Digit Boy

    Double Digit Boy

    Ten years ago, on December 1st, I ambled into the hospital toward midnight, having begun labor at 7:30 pm. This is what I looked like on the way out of our place. A neighbor thought to grab a camera and memorialize the moment. This is what emerged from me on December 2nd, towards midnight. H.o.p.’s…

  • Ants Meditating On the Futility of Their Endeavors, Day 32

    Been a while since I’ve done a not-quite-in-focus ant update. The critters have shown slightly more industry over the past 12 days, but, as they say, it’s not much to write home about. I did send Uncle Milton (from whom I’d purchased the ants) my last photo update, because they’d said to keep them apprized…

  • The Child Experiments with Decalcifying an Egg

    The Child Experiments with Decalcifying an Egg

    The Child Experiments with Decalcifying an Egg 2004 View On White

  • IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE

    H.o.p.: “Mothers are so embarrassing.” CORRECTION: H.o.p. pleads that he instead said, “Mothers are so enchanting!” Yup.

  • 3 AM and the Parking Garage is Busy

    Walks down the street past the window, a woman with bleached blonde hair done up in a fraying bun, in a heavy quilted coat, tight jeans and fuzzy mukluk styled boots. Glances back over her shoulder, up the street, as she nears the drive to the parking garage where a dark truck has been sitting,…