Author Archives: LJGolden
Just Exploring San Francisco
At the beginning of June, I got to spend about 10 days in San Francisco. I didn’t get in as much exploring as I would have liked, what with training and post-work activities every day. Despite all my planning and … Continue reading
Update before disappearing for another month
I’m back, with the usual update post that follows these long periods of procrastination absence. There are about 10 things I could make into blog posts, and I can’t pick where to start. So, as briefly as possible: 1. I … Continue reading
Stranger 31: Mfalme
I’m in San Francisco this week for training with Airbnb.com. I’ve met lots of wonderful people, including Mfalme, a tour guide and driver at The Urban Safari. He drove our group around the city in one of those open … Continue reading
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365 Photo Project Actually 357
On June 1st, 2010, I took this picture, starting my first “photo a day” project. Yesterday, I finished a year of photos with this one: In between, I missed eight photos, mostly because I forgot, and once because I lost the … Continue reading
Four Things I Learned from Two Days at Camp
I never went to camp as a kid. I went to day-camp for five years, but until an eighth grade class trip, I’d never been to a sleep-away camp. My family isn’t a camping family, and almost every time I’ve … Continue reading
Just Exploring Louisville: Little Loomhouse and Iroquois Park
I don’t usually plan to get lost. Yes, when I ran, I sometimes did turn down several roads I didn’t know, then made myself find my way back to my starting point (resulting at least once in an hour-long run … Continue reading
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Notes on Spring
Anyone who’s checked in for my irregular updates for the last year knows I love spring – the first hints of warmth, the tiny green leaf buds on tree branches, the flowers everywhere, the brilliant, rich green after rain. We’ve … Continue reading
Stranger 30: Helen… was deleted
Today, in stupid things you shouldn’t do, especially right after reading about how you shouldn’t do them: deleting pictures from digital cameras before assuring you’ve backed them up. I rarely do this. In fact, I’ve been building up photos on … Continue reading
Stranger 29: Katherine
Hey look, I took a stranger’s picture today. And wow, I’m out of practice. First off, I was rejected by my first two attempts – a guy waiting in the entryway of whatever business is right behind the bus stop … Continue reading
Stranger 28: Clara (and Max)
Clara was very willing to let me take her picture and kept holding Max, whom she’d picked up to cross the street (I was waiting on the other side). Apparently, her son is a photographer. I was too nervous to … Continue reading
