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Notes from the Woods
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Exploring Michigan Solar Energy
Pandemic stay-at-home boredom is impacting me a bit. It has also been hard to keep focus. I have about 5 posts sitting in draft right now that I keep coming back to, making changes, adding, and then hitting writer's block. My photography output is pretty low, even in...
World Oceans Day 2020
More plastic than fish by weight by 2050. That is just an amazingly horrifying prediction. For sure, in a year where "alarming trends" seem to be hitting us from everywhere, it is easy to feel numb by now. The year 2020 may just well go down in history unmatched in...
Well, How Did I Get Here?
The title of this post, for those not familiar, is from the Talking Head's 1981 song "Once in a Lifetime." A song NPR listed as one of the 100 most important musical works of the 20th Century. A song some interpret as a commentary upon the excesses and absurdity of...
Monthly Leaf Pile – May 2020
Well, I made it to Month #2 of my month-end summaries. If you came here wondering what is a Monthly Leaf Pile, it is something I just recently started in April 2020 to look back on various happenings throughout the month. It is a way to reflect upon and also reveal...
Topaz Sharpen AI review
I am going through a lot of my photo archive during this crazy pandemic AND finally getting around to spending some time with some tools I previously invested in. I have had Topaz Labs plugins for a long time. In general, they have always seemed like a pretty good...
Michigan wild native orchids
Michigan is home to 57 orchid species, according to the current listing at the University of Michigan's michiganflora.net. It is by far the most comprehensive flora species identification tool when it comes to our state. Wild orchids are typically a cherished find for...
Gift
Photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.Sam Abel Gifts of words, gifts of imagery... both have a way of traveling on their own...
Wall art spike during the pandemic
One of my regular keyword research tools is well-known Google Trends. It helps in relative comparisons of one phrase vs. another. While it doesn't give you the actual search volume of a term, it will give you a comparison on a scale over time. It can tell you, for...