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Just Shelley outdoors

Shortness of hair

I finally bowed to wisdom and hiking in hot, humid Missouri summers and had my hair cut short. Short, short – about 3 inches in length all around. At the hair place – not a fancy place, Sam’s or some such thing – the stylist really took her time, carefully checking the cut every few […]

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Photography Places

The Owl’s Song

The point along the Katy Trail most recommended is the area around Rocheport, and in particular, the Rocheport Tunnel. This was my goal last week when I left early in the morning to get to the town before the Missouri mid-day heat. But what started out in the heat of day, ended up in the […]

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Political

Tired frustration

I just wish I wasn’t so tired tonight because I’m inspired by what others have contributed recently. For instance, Lynette finished her 26 Things Project, progress thereof giving me a great deal of enjoyment (look for the chameleon cat). qB also participated in the project – taking all the photos from a double-decker bus! I spent additional time […]

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Photography Weblogging

Faux photoblog

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Six Apart has announced the preliminary release of TypePad, a hosted solution for those people partial to Movable Type. Prices look pretty decent, low enough to be competitive, but not so low that there’s thousands of weblogs on one server. Among the features is HTML-free templating, moblogging, automated FOAF generation from […]

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Diversity

Once you start shaking out the socks all sorts of toe fuzzies fall out

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. President Bush has spoken out against gay marriages , a move applauded by religious conservatives in this country and elsewhere. Some would say that he’s doing so in order to keep the loyalty of the fundamentalists within the Republican party. I can’t help thinking that it’s also because he’s trying to redirect […]