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Poverty among riches: Third-world living in the first-world…

Was that picture taken in Bangladesh? Nope. I took these on the same day I took the pictures from the edge of the San Francisco Bay and the sunset photos from up in the hills. This is America. There are … Continue reading

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Seriously, Arthur, another post of random yet admittedly beautiful photos of the sun setting over the San Francisco Bay???… part 1…

Yup. Pretty much.

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San Francisco, the light side and the dark side, the high and low, and the many moods of the mysterious Lady by the Bay…

Okay, so I got carried away with the title. I could have gone with: San Francisco, from two points of view, or something like that. But the title sometimes lures unsuspecting victims into the clutches of my blog… so… yeah… … Continue reading

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Well, I am back in San Diego…

Technically speaking, that picture was taken while I was still at my mom’s house in the Bay Area for Christmas. I took it with my laptop. I was setting up my new digital microscope for some pictures, and that reminded … Continue reading

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To my friends at work… especially my new friend, Sherlock… because she is awesome…

You are the only reason I can keep coming to work. Believe me, it isn’t the money that keeps me coming back. Making you all laugh makes me laugh, and keeps me sane. I will miss you when I am … Continue reading

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Magic water…

I held back this one photo I took of the river in Yosemite valley on my recent adventure there. I don’t know why the water looks green and purple. It might just be a trick of the sunlight, shining through … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 14… the final chapter…

In a way, that photo of the entire Yosemite valley does capture the scale of the granite cliffs that surround it. Trees that are more than a hundred-feet-tall look like grass under the escarpments. Reflections in a still river. The … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 13… no words, just pictures…

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Sunset over San Francisco… smoke, clouds and fog…

I decided to give you a break from all those Yosemite pictures to post a few photos I took one night on my recent visit to my mom for her 95th birthday. I drove up to one of my favorite … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 12… in which I try, one more time, to explain how really huge those granite formations really are…

I used the telephoto lens to zoom in on a rock that was hanging over the edge of a cliff near Half Dome. That rock is probably the size of a small house. Or maybe even a big house. That’s … Continue reading

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