He disappeared for what seemed like an eternity. His impatient visitor could hear various wooden cupboard doors banging and a lot clattering. Eventually the old man reappeared. Barry’s eyes were immediately drawn to the cane his uncle held. It looked scary, about three feet long, with that ...
September 16, 2022| Drone shot by Jorma Kaukonen John Hurlbut and I drove down from the Fur Peace Ranch a week ago and I just finished up with a songwriting week here in Sanibel. I could go on and on about the talent and hard work the men and women of the class put in, but suffi...
September 22, 2022 “The Day I Thought I Would Die, ” by Mini Babu The Day I Thought I Would Die The day I thought I would die the woman who accompanied me to the hospital said, she needs cooking oil for, “tomorrow,” I used up a little of my valued time, to contemplate on,...
Thanks to the success of "Everything Everywhere All At Once," international icon Michelle Yeoh is on top of the world, but it was over two decades ago when Yeoh nabbed a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress thanks to her work in the wuxia film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Written by ...
In the closely watched wage numbers, average hourly earnings rose 0.3% on the month, in line with estimates, and 5% from a year ago, an increase that is still well above the pre-pandemicnorm but 0.1 percentage point below the forecast. ...
The Whale – and How it Shapes Lives All Over America Leave a reply * A few years ago we published a blog detailing Herman Melville’s life. This week we thought we’d revisit his most famous work in a bit more detail, and come up with five in-depth reasons about Moby Dick, ...
What’s interesting about this is that the lens was redesigned not long ago for the Fujifilm X100V, but the four prior versions—X100, X100S, X100T, and X100F—all shared the original lens. While Fujifilm improved the lens, it wasn’t a huge change. The main thing that Fujifilm addre...
It’s like theBread & Circusesof theRoman Empireas it was heading towards its fall. It was a term coined by thepoet Juvenalwhen describing how the values of Rome had degraded: … Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the ...
Two programming languages are suitable for creating applications on Android: Java, the language initially used in the development, and Kotlin, a young and concise language that Google called a priority a couple of years ago. A professional Android programmer knows both languages since most existing ...
“The 1940s. I live in the right-side unit, and my landlord lives in the other one.” He rubbed his hands together as a breeze rustled through the trees. “Lando’s children moved out east, so he converted the family home into a duplex about two decades ago. The old-timer is spry...