“Pearls”
Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 250. At the top of MacDuff Mountain.
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
Two chewy essays that provide, I think, important framing for understanding the current dismal moment in American governance.
This functional Macintosh replica is just 2.4-inches tall.
I am seriously impressed. I’ve been trying to cut down on the amount of spare “stuff” in my life but a part of me wants to order one right now.
“Ex-Bridge”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 1250. Along the East Fork Trail. There’s supposed to be a bridge here (you can see one big timber on the far bank). Luckily it was only mid-thigh deep to wade.
“There’s a Trail in There Somewhere”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 250. Along the East Fork Trail.
There is a trail from where I’m standing straight to the slightly larger gap in the trees just left of center. It hasn’t had much maintenance (or traffic) lately.
“You Can’t Keep a Good Fern Down”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 15mm, f/11, 1/40s, ISO 800. Along the East Fork Trail.
“Spring Trail”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 14005s, ISO 320. Olallie Trail with a foot or so of snow on the east side of O’Leary Mountain.
“Morel Season”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 40-150mm f/5.6-6.3 lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/400s, ISO 200. On the O’Leary Trail south of Mclennan Mountain.
Finished: The Peshawar Lancers, by S.M. Stirling 📚. A rip-roaring adventure tale set in an alternative-history sort-of-steampunk 2025 India, featuring soldiers of the British Raj, Imperial Russian secret agents, Sikhs, Pathans, Jewish merchants and a host of others. A quite enjoyable book in the Heinlein “good guys win by being noble and competent and get the girls” mold.
“Sawtooth Ridge”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M. Zuiko 40-150mm f/5.6-6.3 lens @ 53mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 160. Seen from the O’Leary Trail west of MacDuff Mountain.
