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Panic Button Monday uses this Artists Entrance

Every time I push the panic button, this shows up.

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Giddy, confident, and that’s not all

I probably shouldn’t have gone to work today.  I’ve got a bit of a cold, but unlike most colds instead of making me pitiful and gross it has made me gregarious and optimistic. There seemed to be no reason whatsoever … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday: main staircase, Everson Museum, Syracuse – November

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No exit for Panic Button Monday

Every time I push the panic button, this shows up.

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Riding the rails

I’m an American – I love a road trip.  But I also love a train trip, especially those long-haul rides. This weekend, we’ll be on a trip like that – getting on board here, in the urban dark, and whisked … Continue reading

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Can’t stop looking

There is something about monumental architecture that strikes the deepest chord in the human heart.  Cathedrals, state capitols, palaces – we cannot stop looking. A subset of monumental architecture is almost-monumental architecture: regional museums,  1920s movie houses, urban main libraries. 

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Wordless Wednesday: tree bark, Whidbey Island, October

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Panic Button Monday pauses to reflect

Every time I push the panic button, this shows up.

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Wordless Wednesday: The Cliff Dwellers, Chicago – October

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An arrangement

After a balmy, easygoing start, October has turned mean.  It is acting like November – late November.  The temperature is hovering around 30, there is freezing rain in the forecast, and I can’t find my parka. 

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