Author: The Runcible Existentialist

Merry Christmas!

Sometimes you need a break from all the sugary sweetness at this time of year.  I liked these for that purpose…

O Tannenbaum!

Fröhliche Weihnacten!  Joyeux Noël!  Feliz Navidad!  Merry Christmas!  Happy Hanukkah Just some holiday-related photos to share… We got a new Christmas tree this year, but it didn’t work out as planned.  It’s supposed to be 16 feet, but we had to leave off the bottom two levels because it was too wide.  So this is…

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Austin, Part 2

I usually hate graffiti – it’s a scourge.  But sometimes you run across one or two pieces in Austin that are pretty cutting.  This one says it all.

Greetings from Austin, Texas!

So I normally do posts about places that I’m visiting, but yesterday was such a spectacular Autumn day, I decided to play tourist in my own back yard. I’m not sure why, but it seems to me that the fall colour in Austin this year is particularly vibrant – and a tad early.  The sumacs…

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A Sort of Homecoming

My apologies to U2 for the title of this post  but I thought it was à propos in several different ways.  (Not a good week for Bono, apparently; a few days ago, one of the doors of his private jet fell off at 30,000 feet over Europe and yesterday, he was injured in a bicycle accident…

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Gothic À Gogo

So I’m still going through the pictures from our recent trip to Germany, Poland, and Norway.  This time, my camera seemed to focus on architectural elements.  I’ve always had a very strong affinity for all things gothic, so here are some of the better elements – with some baroque mixed in.

Seasonal Odds and Ends

So it’s the end of October – one of my favourite times of the year.  It’s been gorgeous this weekend – ‘Chamber-of-Commerce Weather’ as they say – cloudless blue skies and cool mornings (which have blossomed into near-record high temperature afternoons). In memory of our recent trip to Germany, we’re having Sauerbraten and Kartoffelklöße for…

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Salt Lake, Cont.

Here are some photos of places I found interesting in Salt Lake City. Memory Grove City Park And from the Mormon Headquarters and Temple Complex

Greetings from Salt Lake City, Utah!

It seems I just get back from one trip before I’m off on another.  This week, I’m at a Department of Labor conference in Salt Lake City.  I’d been here before, but only in ‘pass throughs’ on my way to Santa Barbara. It’s a nice town – it reminds of Missoula, Montana.  Yesterday afternoon, I…

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