Photo And Video Workshop During the pandemic self-quarantine period, I devoted time to developing new skills in photo and video editing. Over the years, I’ve uploaded plenty of work to my photo gallery (www.tmpcarol.com. )Much of the adulation I received came from family members and friends and the occasional surfer who might have stumbled onto …
Social distancing. Voluntary self-quarantine. Restriction of movement. All of these emergency official pronouncements have left streets and sidewalks emptier of the normal flow traffic and pedestrians. People walk and sit alone more these days. A walk among the mirrors only distorts reality — hardly a reassuring stroll. A couple hold hands for comfort and security. …
Ah, yes, the virus is a problem. The Japanese government advises we avoid gathering in small and large groups. Libraries are closed. Restaurants and shopkeepers are experiencing declines in the number of customers. Musicians discover many of their venues shuttered up. Steve Gardner, an American and Blues artist, braved the elements on a blustery rainy, …
Photo Images of a Born Again Photographer
“Life could be a dream if I could be in paradise with you. Sh-boon, sh-boon.” I was a little boy barely ten years old when I first heard that song. For some reason, it streams through my mind as clearly as music from Spotify streams through my grandchildren’s Apple AirPods. But sadly I no longer …
Hong Kong Thanksgiving 2019 “They ought to line up all those demonstrators against the wall and shoot ‘em!” My step father was an irascible, ill-tempered man particularly if someone pushed one of his sensitive buttons. Communists, democrats, labor union leaders, student demonstrators, civil rights movement — these were among the most prickly topics to avoid …
The number of elderly people in Japan living alone is expected to grow even higher in the coming years. The statistics in the media never really made an impact on me until I fell into the category of one of those ‘old people’ living in a single household. My daughters and their families are stretched …
Bette Davis, the American film actor known for her acerbic wit and powerful roles during the 1930s and 40s, is quoted as saying: “You need guts to grow old.” Well, I’ve grown old, and she was right to a point. Yes, it takes a bit of doing for me to face the reality that I …
I completed an iBook this month after weeks of laboring over the photos, choosing the ones to include in my opus. Writing the text required several rewrites. The book provides text and photos of a retired educator seeking to find outlets for his creative energy. It also provided foreshadowing for younger men and women who …
August brought in the summer heat. The unforgiving sun beat down on my head covered by a white baseball cap. I was walking toward the supermarket when for the first time in my 76 years, I felt light headed. I sat down on a stone fence surrounding sunflowers stretching upward toward the sky. “I’m getting …