Photo taken with iPhone
“Jury service is one of the most important civic duties. You do not need any knowledge of the legal system to be a juror. The protection of rights and liberties of litigants in [state and] federal courts is largely achieved through the teamwork of judge and jury.”
…waiting…
I read these heartening words on [...]
Archive of posts tagged Alaska
Jury duty in the dark hours of the morn . . . waiting
Intimations of a landscape
A foggy day —
”…I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendos…”
– Wallace Stevens
Changing paths
“Hoo. Hooo-hoo. Hoo. Hoo.
“I lift my head in surprise, my heartbeat quickening at this familiar yet uncommon call. Uncommon, at least, in my neighborhood. I’ve been told that dozens of great horns are scattered throughout the city, most often heard–and occasionally seen–in large, wooded areas like Kincaid and Hillside parks.”
This excerpt comes from one [...]
Another gardening session
© photo by Jan Timmons
The story
David duChemin writes,
When I consider the unique challenges of telling stories within the confines of a single photographic frame, two aspects of storytelling come to mind. The first is the study of themes that tie the image to our deeper, more universal human experience. The second is conflict, revealed in the frame by contrasts. [...]
Sunset view from the cliff
Click on thumbnail to see larger image. Taken from a bluff or cliff overlooking Cook Inlet and mountains to the east – a great nesting area for shorebirds.
Blue and bold
Young Steller’s Jay seems intrepid and curious.
The Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the Blue Jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black head and upper body. This bird is named after the German naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller who discovered them in [...]