I want to go somewhere: this COVID thing is driving me insane. Like Jimmy Buffett (he shot six holes in his freezer) I think I have cabin fever. Four of the past five years my summer vacation has taken me to Washington state and the Puget Sound. This year I’d…

It was the best of machines; it was the worst of machines. With apologies to Charles Dickens, this week I’m looking at three cameras that look nearly identical. It seems there may be an ideal size camera. There are two distinct parts of the camera market. The first is the…

In the Silicon Valley right now the IT guys are busy. They’re busy helping us communicate without being in the same room. They’re busy working in teams from home to provide something of value as we are all sequestered in our houses practicing social distancing. Some of the Silicon Valley…

John Wesley Powell defied the myth of the Colorado River’s invincibility and led the first expedition through the Grand Canyon, according to history.net. His bravery and heroism, some might say foolishness and bravado, put him in the middle of Americas exploration of the west. Along with the great migration to…

Before it was known as the Silicon Valley, Santa Clara county grew crops and raised livestock for the entire country and exported products throughout the world. The springtime beauty of the flowering orchards and the variety of crops grown here from the 1880’s through the 1960s made the area a…

It’s February and that means people from around the world go to Yosemite National Park to capture a photo of Horsetail Falls. In a previous post I mentioned the years it took me to capture this photo. This week I wanted to revisit the experience. Park staff has made it…