Observations

This is a collection of things that I see in front of and behind my eyes. These posts have been published near daily since October 2016.

Heartbreaking

I saw a picture of something that makes me wonder what kind of world we live in. It was a hand-written poster hanging in a kindergarten classroom with the words to the lockdown

Writing on Tape Cases

There are things from my past that I remember for no apparent reason. I used to record albums – and later CDs – onto cassettes so I could listen to them on my Walkman. It

Context is Important

The eggplant emoji – which has sexual connotations – was banned on Instagram. The automatically generated “more articles like this” articles below an article about the ban featured eggplant recipes.

Visual Expressions

There are some expressions that are as visual as they sound. The past echoed in my head is one of them. It makes me think about images, or literal pictures of the past

Not Much of a View

People used to sit on their porches and watch the cars go by. This was in the days before television. And air conditioning. Cemetery plots that are near the road offer the same