In addition to using this blog as a vehicle to share my various photo projects, I have found that some of my posts have generated interest because of the nature of the stories or because they carry a more personal tone. Unfortunately, they eventually scroll out of sight in the blog roll, and so to let me find them again, I will try and maintain an index here.

They are organized into categories, but not necessarily the same as the WordPress categories they were filed under.

• Personal Essays/Stories
  • Career’s End – my first blog entry, with thoughts about how I got here
  • Cows and other hazards of astrophotography
  • The Color of the Moon – tuning in to the 1969 moon landing
  • Retirement Inauguration – priorities reverse
  • Of Nikons and Nikomats – cameras have evolved as I have aged
  • Seven Years After … the “Happily Ever After Party”
  • Checking the Mail – back when we lived on a rural route
  • A day in the life of a covid quarantiner
  • Image Metadata and Ancestor Discovery – playing detective with family portraits
  • Science or Sentiment, and Science or Sentiment, Generalized
  • A Night on the Playa , Part 2 – magic in the desert

• Tributes – acknowledging the people who influenced my life
  • Jackie’s Last Moonrise
  • Full House – a tribute to siblings
  • The Silent Key – a tribute to ham radio operators everywhere
  • The Wall of Books – the back story, written by my dad about his dad.
  • Dad’s Dressing – a family recipe released into the wild
  • Salt Flat Tracks – my first road trip
  • Indirect Endowment – supporting a college student… forever!
  • Anecdotal Tribute – to my uncle, Dr Robert Olson
  • Confronting Challenges – my uncle’s memoir of his year in Vietnam 1970-71

• Technology Musings
  • Cathode Rays and The Burn-Hole Club
  • Behind Gamma’s Disguise
  • Csuri Exhibit Poster
  • What is my Risk? and The Fifteen Minute Rule with other covid recommendations
  • An Oscar for Solitaire – the story of the award by one of the inventors
  • Stonehenge and Solitaire – technologies of their day

• Projects – projects that merited a blog entry or more
  • Swedish Candelabras – Swedish hygge
  • When Given Cold Weather… freeze soap bubbles
  • A Penrose Floor – the first of a series of posts on this project
  • The Relay Clock. In 1975, I made one of telephone relays and elevator readouts.
  • Salvaging Home Movies. Converted from 16mm film from the 1930s – 1960s.
  • Viewmaster Reel. Depth from 2D with the help of AI.
  • Timelapse projects. Here are some that I’m pleased with, but there is still much to learn.

• Travel
  • Monuments at Night – a remarkable trip to Monument Valley
  • Copenhagen Solstice Celebration – the Danes ring in Christmas
  • The Best Dinner of my Life – world travel has its rewards
  • Fifteen Minutes of Fame – our travel style gets noticed
  • A Night on the Playa, Part 1 – an adventure in Death Valley

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