Hiatus

After about two weeks "in the dark" I'm back. Time has flown. I spent a week in SF; went to the SFMOMA and saw Chuck Close's work. Inspiring.

More inspiring, though, is the memory I have of a brilliant painting by Kim Cogan. He did the painting you see above this post; in reality it is a huge 6x6 feet. It feels like you're standing on the wing of the airplane flying over the city. I'm familiar with this view of SF; I admire it every time I can as I'm flying home...

While staying at a hotel on the border of Chinatown, I did not see any Chinese gangs.

Got back and I tried to learn html. Ugh. I managed to make the ugliest couple of web pages ever. Still have miles to go on that front.

I, by some miracle, did not lose my camera. I found it in the snow in front of my neighbor's house (where we normally park the car). It was half-buried in the re-frozen snow, stuffed inside one of Gavin's socks. I picked it up in horror and brought it inside to thaw out. When I ran out of patience for the thawing I sawed the sock open and cradled my frozen, wet camera in disbelief.

After an hour or so, I turned it on. It worked. Happy day; I believe heavily in second chances today.