What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. -TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, "Four Quartets" I suppose the end of something means the start of something else. That makes sense. But just the same, for a few reasons, the economy being one, yesterday I closed down three of my sites. I haven't left the visitors to these sites without a place to go to though: For ... Read More

  One of my members at Unique Exposures suggested that I do a podcast. When he suggested it, he might have well said, "Phone Mars." I just didn't even know how to begin.   It has been a while since he made that suggestion, and after a lot of educating myself, downloading different programs to use for recording and editing, Unique finally has its first podcast.   My first interview is John Dolphin of Perth, Australia. Naturally, since this is a Unique Exposures project, the subject is his ... Read More

Recently at my Photography forums at Unique Exposures, we discussed birds and what was my secret to attracting them to my backyard. I didn't really have a secret to share except that I offer suet and seeds for them regularly. A member, Johnstox, said he was starting a list of birds that he could name that came to his backyard, which prompted me to create my own list. So far, and to the best of my memory here are the birds that ... Read More

"Everyone smiles in the same language." At Unique Exposures (a photo sharing gallery site for all levels of photography), each month we have a monthly theme. We decide or vote on a new and different topic. For the month of October, however, our RevGary offered a different idea. He asked if the theme could be "Six things that make Barb smile" Well, there are so many things that make me smile, it seemed impossible to restrict them to just six, but ... Read More