Monthly Archives: March 2017

Barn, Boards, Shed, Fence, Ladder

Even today much of Mulliken is obviously an abandoned farm. This was that farm’s barn. The current owners use it for a garage and a workshop.

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Coach Allen Likes to Signal

Most coaches pass fairly subtle signals. If you pay attention, you can see (or hear) that they’re signaling, but most are just doing a necessary task even as they tug their hats, scratch their chins, pat their chests, and holler. Occasionally, though, you find someone who turns this chore into art. Coach Allen’s one of those.

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Peppermint

A kitty on Joan’s lap. With a bunch of VHS tapes in the background.

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Demonstration Hall

Demonstration Hall’s really just a big gym, and has served as Michigan State’s basketball field house and as its hockey arena. But always it’s housed MSU’s Military Affairs Department and the school’s ROTC detachment as its primary function, with a secondary role as a practice facility for the Spartan Marching Band. Demonstration Field, where (among other things) the band rehearses its football programs, is adjacent to the building.

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Chickens!

Joan’s brother David’s chickens, to be precise.

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Life Before Retirement

‘My work week in retrospect: One meeting added to the thirteen originally scheduled, one cancelled, one rescheduled to April, and two missed because I can’t be in two places simultaneously. Had a stretch like this ten years ago; never expected it to happen again.’

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Oreo in the Window

Could I do a cat-a-day project from my photo archives? No, but I’d come closer than you might think. A quick survey shows that I’ve photographed cats on over 300 dates. On March 25, for instance, I’ve photographed Oreo in 2007 and 2012, and I caught two of the neighbors’ cats “on film” in 2012 as well.

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Little Maple Leaves

Five years ago we had leaves and flowers developing on the trees in our yard. And I was playing depth-of-field games.

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Contact!

MSU baseball’s become one of my post-retirement pleasures. I watch ’em in East Lansing, and I’ve followed the team to Kalamazoo and Mount Pleasant most recent years. Maybe this year I’ll add Ann Arbor, or Ypsi. We’ll see.

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Canada Geese

On the pond at Michigan Audubon’s Bernard Baker Sanctuary, north of Battle Creek. Continue reading

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