touching base
with the power of google, I caught up with two old friends this week - charlie dodrill and leigh limerick. charlie was a classmate from first grade at lakewood until senior year at SAHS. the last time I saw him was at the morgantown kroger in the early '90s. he has gone on to become an accomplished christian musician living in nashville. leigh lived on the same floor as james in boreman north at WVU. she loved emmett otter as much as me, made killer meatloaf sandwiches and lived life with every ounce of fun possible. she's married and living near charleston now.
judgment day
joined the north bethesda camera club in september with haley and mauricio's encouragement. at my first meeting I entered three flower shots. here's what the judge thought... about the dandelion: beautifully lit, but try selective focus to soften background, lower camera angle to get rid of competing elements, wait for the clouds to pass for a beautiful blue sky... about the daffodils: very good diagonal, but it's crying out for selective focus as background on top left is too busy, brown... about the roses: not as strong as the other competitors' roses, close the black hole in the bottom middle.
big plans
planning to have a big november. want to get up each morning, ride 9 miles to the mormon temple and back, sit down and tackle nanowrimo, finish at least one quilt, travel to pendleton county to explore the via ferrata, get a flu shot, enter curves at the camera club, climb tuesdays at the rockville gym, get out geocaching in the leaves and keep writing headlines above the fold.
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+Bush offers 'new hope' against poverty in South
+Underground discovery boosts Grand Caverns
+Mob factors in fish market relocation
+Hazards abound at Kabul golf tourney
+Katrina's harsh lessons make Bush all the wiser
+Hughes lends Egypt her diplomatic ear
+Pentagon seeks flashy robots for combat
+S. African gets life for grisly murder
+Married life on the rocks as more choose to cohabit
+Inmates resist grooming policies
+Revival of historical New Orleans culture in doubt
+Schools chief is riding in style with chauffer
+Dutch offer New Orleans know-how
+Miers' wealth has decreased at White House
+U.S. pushes defense over offense for island arms
+Bomb threat tangles traffic around Mall
+Republicans stake claim on '06 House
+Table maker out of sight
+C-SPAN lauds viewers with call-in marathon
+Devastate Pakistan awaits aid
+Minutemen add prominent Texan to ranks
+Half of new unwed mothers in poverty
+Chastity hits Ivy League
+'Help! Mom!' casts liberals as villains
+Suspect says student died during a sexual encounter
+Private planes cleared to land again at Reagan
+Principal cancels prom
+Halloween scares up big bucks
+Studies create stem cells, keeping embryo intact
+Steele supporters call Democrats' credit probe 'racist'
+'Damascus Spring' fades away
+Social Security checks to grow
+Intelligence bill frees agencies to share data
+Frequent trading can be taxing
+Muslim quits as fire chaplain
+Cingular mobilizes e-mail application
+D.C. saves spots for car-rental parking
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