Tilting at windmills for a better tomorrow.
Just back from traveling in Scotland for a couple of weeks, and this time I went without a computer Just Lightroom Mobile on iPad. I encountered a bunch of caveats and ended up writing this guide at Framespotting for people who want to try the same you ll want to plan and practice to Continue reading "On the Road with Lightroom and iPad"
In 1993 the web was invented and I ve posted pretty much everything significant in my life since then. But a few days ago, I came across a photocopied travel diary in a box in the garage something I had written that same year about a trip I d taken to Cuba with Ingrid Schorr to Continue reading "Adventures in the Land of El Maximo"
Hard to believe it s been a full year since May 2025, when I finished my 7-week round of chemo-radiation sessions for throat cancer. It s traditional to bang a gong to celebrate the end of radiation treatment, but I was up for something more than the 10 gong in the Kaiser radiology lab, and borrowed this Continue reading "One Year In"
A hidden gem of the MacOS/iOS ecosystem that doesn t get nearly enough credit is the almost hidden recipes database. In the News app sidebar, go to Food, then Recipe Catalog. They reformat tens of thousands of recipes from dozens of recipe sites and format them in a consistent way, with exactly the same layout and Continue reading "Apple Recipes"
Thanks everyone for your feedback on my “Kelp Entanglements” series! Over at Framespotting, I’ve just turned the set into a photo essay with some background info and musings. I enjoyed encountering these post-storm kelp piles in this light, and while they were fresh hoping to share some of the experience. https://framespotting.substack.com/p/exploring-kelp-entanglements-at-san
Just posted a new article over in my Framespotting Substack, about the decisions that go into deciding which of your images is worthy of printing (vs keeping/posting). There’s some secret sauce there, but it’s kind of an intangible formula. https://open.substack.com/pub/framespotting/p/what-is-print-worthy
After years of hearing that fresh-ground coffee tastes better than pre-ground, I finally got around to setting up a family taste test. Purchased two bags of Peet s Major Dickison s Dark Roast with the same expiration date (one bag ground and one whole bean), used a burr grinder to grind some of the beans to the Continue reading "Fresh-ground vs pre-ground coffee"
She didn t do her usual lecture about the importance of maintaining good dental hygiene, but Patti Smith at the Masonic ( My Sonic ) last night did rock the entirety of Horses (which just turned 50), and it was glorious. Birdland has always been my favorite track from that album epic original Beat poetry set to Continue reading "Patti Smith at the Masonic Horses Turns 50"
When my treatment ended in late May, the next question became How can we be sure if we got it all? The surprising answer was There s so much swelling during treatment, and it s too easy to mistake swelling for tumors, so we have to wait three full months before doing another PET scan. That day Continue reading "All Clear!"
The feeding tube was essential for a period of about five weeks at the end of radiation, and for the few weeks after. But by July 3, I was once again able to get through a whole day on oral nutrition alone, without the need for tube feeding. The deal with my doctors was that Continue reading "Feeding Tube Removed, Cytopenia"
Hi everyone it s been a while, time for another update. A mix of great and not-so-great news this time. I had really expected to be fully on the mend and almost normal at this point in time, but unfortunately that s not quite the case. The good news is that the anticipated difficulty re-learning to Continue reading "Mystery Anemia"
Just an update to let everyone know where things are at with my recovery. No news is good news, right? Sort of. My last day of chemo and radiation was May 28. I knew at that time to expect that the side effects of chemo and radiation would increase for a few weeks before they Continue reading "Holding Pattern"
Keeping images to a minimum on this one because basically everything is gross. :) There are sort of two distinct phases to dealing with this type throat cancer: The most common and uncomfortable side effect is a called Mucositis , and it s no picnic. It means that the mucous membranes inside throat structures are now Continue reading "About that Feeding Tube (Fun with mucositis)"
Clinics and hospitals often provide a bell or gong to help patients celebrate the end of a course of chemo-radiation. Mine was no different, but after having seen Roger Waters going nuts on a big beautiful gong in Live at Pompeii with friends recently, I got it in my head that I wanted to celebrate Continue reading "Gong Sound Bath"
Pain quotient has ramped up at least 2x in the past 48 hours, just like that. It no longer only hurts when I try to swallow, but full-time. Ironically, it did that over the weekend break, when I don t even have radiation. The medication goal is now two-fold: My diet is now fully liquid Continue reading "Pain Management"