Category Archives: The Daily
Structures Great and Small
Two scenes as viewed from the train this morning. These are best considered while listening to Cicada’s Technology Crisis, which is available for free.
The Capitol: A Memorial
Back in the beginning of the winter of 2007, we had to replace our old furnace. Before the good people at Petro came in and deconstructed it, I took some photos for posterity.
Just HaPPy to Be Here
Seen in the Reading Terminal Station. This news seller clearly got these letters from other sources for bargain basement prices. It drives me crazy every time I see this sign because I know, I know, I’ve seen these letters in a logotype/logotypes before. Anyone have any guesses where these letters originated from? My brain will […]
Pfft… Snow
We got our first real snow of the winter on Friday. We were giddy as we awoke to that wonderful suffusive light reflected by a new snow. This was also Blackbird’s first snow! We couldn’t wait to blow her mind with the view out the window (or I couldn’t, at any rate). Her response was… […]
Sunrise on the City
I forgot my camera this morning, so in lieu of the cool shots of the passing scenery from the train that I had planned on taking, I give you me at 8:12 AM (conveniently noted in the corner), as taken by my laptop camera. I’d love to say that my concerned look is a sign […]
Local News Alert: Weather is in the Air
I love it when local news affiliates leap at the chance to cover snowfall, but all they have to work with is a flurry. “Diane, I’m standing here at 6pm on the side of Route 11 by a Cracker Barrel billboard, and there’s no question about it: when it is snowing, we have snow.” “What […]
Typographical, Yet Analogical
Yesterday, my friend Steve mentioned that the signage of Boston’s T, which originally used Helvetica, was slowly being replaced with Arial. It inspired this image.
Room to Grow
Considering she grew this far from one cell about 10 months ago, I guess the rest of the trip isn’t such a big deal.
Sunlight Breaks Through
Out my kitchen window this morning.