December 2011
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Grandma Muelleck's Christmas Stollen
Kristine & I want to keep Grandma’s delicious stollen recipe in our tradition, so we made it for the first time this year. This recipe is her original cut 1/4, which yielded 2 medium loaves.
Preheat oven to 325º F.
Dry Ingredients: 1 1/4 lb. all-purpose flour 3/4 c. white sugar 5 t. (1 T. + 2 t.) Dr. Oetker baking powder 1/2 t. salt ...
November 2011
13 posts
June 2011
10 posts
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“Oh, what are men compared to rocks & mountains?”
May 2011
11 posts
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The Waldorf=Astoria
January 2011
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I heard something about sandwiches & buttermilk
Mom & I watched “White Christmas” a couple days ago, me for the 4th time in 2 weeks, and her for the 1st time in decades. She loved it as much as I expected. Of course, it’s not really about Christmas at all, but is more of a redemption story for returning WW2 soldiers leaving behind the horror of that experience. But that isn’t the story either; the falling brick wall...
October 2010
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Savannah views
October 8 - 10, 2010
(as shot)
Film:
September 2010
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Williamsburg views
September 3 - 6, 2010
(this shot below may be my favorite ever)
August 2010
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Kentucky, Day 2 & 3
After church next to UK on Sunday, I had brunch at Jonathan’s, which is in the lobby of a wonderful historic hotel called Gratz Park decorated for a cigar-smoking good ol’ boy with horses, brass and marble.
I was obliged to eat a chef-y version of Kentucky Hot Brown, a mess of meat and cheese and bechamel that could kill you dead; his had country ham, bacon, turkey on brioche and a...
May 2010
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Kentucky, Day 1
Traveling in Eastern Kentucky along Highway 174 on Saturday, I pulled over to the side of the road because a run-down fence caught my eye. There was a lady standing on the porch of a double-wide across a narrow blacktop road, and as I walked up the small hill between it and the highway to take a photo, she called out, “Can I help you?” Turns out that hill was her property, and after a...
April 2010
4 posts
NIT Tour: Day 3 & 4 (New York City)
There is little to be said of New York that hasn’t already been done more eloquently & more authentically than I could, so I offer four thoughts:
1. Madison Square Garden is a purple and teal dump.
2. Roosevelt Island is a strange bit of history involving prisoners, madness, smallpox, Soviet-looking apartments, the teeniest lighthouse known to man, and illuminating views of the city.
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NIT Tour: Day 2 (March 24)
I spent much longer than planned in Birmingham, Alabama, because it’s just a short drive from Starkville and the next game turned out to be at the extremely-hard-to-find UAB basketball arena. The fans were … less true-blue and accommodating than those I found in Starkville, but they found some passion for the duration of the game, despite UAB having the worst baby-poo yellow and...
NIT Tour: Day 1 (March 20)
What Mississippi means to me is Delta Wedding, the Eudora Welty novel in which the Yazoo River (to the left) & the Yellow Dog train bring people together and tear people apart surrounded by a wedding, cotton, the pride of the Confederacy, and Delta humidity. I stood on this road for awhile, imagining 14-year old Orrin (“a wonderful driver”) driving the car to pick up “Poor...
Take me home, country roads
I guess we knew what the answer would be long before the remaining four miners were found dead last week. The likelihood that anyone inside could have made it to the rescue chambers seemed like PR at best. Now there will be inquiries, safety checks, outrage, bureaucracy, fines, more rescue chambers, ideally better conditions.
Meantime, miners and their people will keep on living how they do,...
March 2010
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The Kingston Lounge: Buffalo State Hospital →
I would have paid a hundred million dollars to be able to go into this place (not alone) and shoot. These photos are decent; as compositions, they are good but mostly wide-angle, which, when viewed holistically, can render the collection less powerful than its parts are by themselves (a notable exception is the wheelchair one, which is why it packs a punch to the creepy center of your gut), but...
January 2010
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weetstraw.com - Life in Rural America →
I love this. Film + noisy printing = perfect.
The Daily Shoot →
This seems like a fun endeavor. Looking over the past suggestions tells me I probably wouldn’t get myself married to doing it as a committed project, but I might follow a suggestion for a 365 subject when I’m feeling uninspired. 216 days to go!
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Snaps
My tremendously talented photographer friend Justin Hackworth has a good anecdote on his blog:
Great Photography Will Always be in Demand Once I had dinner with a friend of mine. She made one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten. So satisfying. The next day she gave me a ride to the airport and while she drove, I snapped a few pictures of her. She saw the camera and said, “Wow. I bet that takes...