This Makes No Sense At All

You would think I Photoshopped it if I just showed you the image, so I took a picture of the camera screen as proof. Abuse does not go unpunished. I  have never anticipated divine retribution, but after many months of point and shoot abuse, the Canon gods have caught up with me, opening a portal through my LCD screen to a strange new world. I presume the next step will be to physically transport me there if I do not complete the six step recovery program. 1. Acknowledge my problem: I admit, I carried my camera in my pocket, unprotected, with keys, pocket knife and other objects of a typical male pocket. 2. Acknowledge my fall into wayward way s, step by step.   a. Initially I used my shirt zipper pocket with the camera in a plastic bag, but couldn't get the camera out fast enough, so:   b. I moved it to my pants pocket, still in plastic bag, but was still missing shots.   c. I ditched the plastic bag. Better, but this is where I fell into...

I blogged before on Bedouin Weaving of Saudi Arabia and its Neighbours by Joy Hilden, after seeing the first copy she got from the publisher. I have always had a love for the craft of hand weaving, after being exposed to Navajo rugs as a child. Finally, she has received a shipment of books, and held a book announcement party at her house. We went with great anticipation, knowing that she had been collecting Bedouin weaving for at least eleven years, and hoping she would put some out for display. We were not disappointed. The book is full of color photographs and has stories of the weavers and their techniques, so we had an inkling of what to expect. It still didn't prepare us for the impact of the real thing. I will just show you the few photos I snapped in her living room, and you can judge for yourself:

We are in our annual throes of packing and shipping off resupply food for our PCT hike. This is something I put off and put off, finally having a spending frenzy, getting all the materials, and sorting it out by days for each segment. I wrote about the resupply process last year. In the past we have always had a breakfast bag with all the breakfasts for the segment, a lunch bag, and a supper bag. We have three UrSacks (bear bags of bulletproof and hopefully bearproof material), labeled B L and D . For a normal 6 or 7 day segment, we can get all our food in those three bags. However, there is a lot of counting and measuring involved. Invariably we find some day or some segment where I have miscounted. Either I have been carrying more food than needed, or we end up going on lean rations for some segment. Usually one of each. So, we have stolen the daily bag concept from Ken and Marcia Powers . This year I have a bag for each day with everything for that day. It is much easier to ...