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Daily writing promptWhat’s a moment that made you realize you were stronger than you thought?View all responses [My oldest at a dance competition in 2020.] My honest answer to this prompt: I didn't realize it in the moment. I realized it years later, looking back. When the girls were little, I worked full-time as a... Continue Reading →
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneMy rating: 4 of 5 starsSummary:The story follows Linus Baker, a meticulously by-the-book, lonesome caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICOMY). He lives in a dreary, gray life in a rainy city with his cat, Calliope.Linus is given a highly classified assignment to travel... Continue Reading →
I didn't plan on falling for the robot cars. But San Francisco had other ideas. The first one we saw was easy to dismiss — just a sleek black car gliding down the street with no one behind the wheel. Oh, that's one of those Waymo things. And then we saw another one. And then... Continue Reading →
San Francisco is a city of layers. One minute you’re lost in the architectural lines of a historic square, and the next, you’re feeling the cold Pacific sand between your toes. On the second day of Dream State, we headed to Fisherman's Wharf to explore. Since the music didn't start until late in the evening,... Continue Reading →
Dream State EDM Concert - Day 1: The energy was electric from the moment we walked in. The show started around 5pm, we showed up around 7pm. We didn't know the first few DJs so we wanted to just see the ones we knew. It would have been great to be there early and see... Continue Reading →
Part 2 of my San Francisco Tech Series exploring Google, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft campuses and visitor locations around the Bay Area. I never thought I'd visit the tech giants' campuses so this was almost surreal. I mean, I use their products. It only makes sense that I visit their campuses and take photos, right?... Continue Reading →
A girlfriend and I went to San Francisco for the Dream State EDM Concert in early March and decided to make it a 4-day mini vacation. The two-day concert started in the evening so we had the day to see a few places in the city.We stayed in a Holiday Inn that had a beautiful... Continue Reading →
March had the most beautiful sunset I've seen for a while. This one was really blazing red-orange. It was hard to capture that, but it was truly amazing. Taken with iPhone 17. /// Listening to /// "Looking At a Picture" by Glass Tiger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfAFkqe8sYc&list=RDlfAFkqe8sYc&start_radio=1
Taken with my iPhone 17. Edited in VSCO. Cropped in Photoshop.
This was taken with the Olympus E-PL8 Mirrorless. /// Listening to /// "Good Things Fall Apart" by Illenium and Jon Bellion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Zjgb03FMQ&list=RDJ9Zjgb03FMQ&start_radio=1
From My Corner of the Universe 