I began this entry on Sunday morning, 16 August 2026, while enjoying my first coffee and reading a little. I started lightly following Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings at least a decade ago, but never every day. Now and again something she posted would catch my eye (hat tip to Wife) and I would read. She is a combination of cerebral and emotional, an interesting combination. And her post for Sunday caught my eye and so I begin with that as my first remainder for the week.
- How to Read the Signal of Your Life is an excellent reflection on life and the writing of George Kubler. I think I need to get a copy of the book and read it.
- I finished my first pass through Ryder Carroll’s The Bullet Journal Method this week. I use the approach to unload stuff from my brain (hat tip to David Allen) and to organize as well as a I can. It is definitely worth a look and a read. Note that the link is to Carroll’s website and not to Amazon. While there is nothing inherently wrong with Amazon and links thereto, I prefer to link directly to the author’s website when possible. They deserve the traffic for all the hard work that they do.
- The physics of tsunamis is fascinating. Here is a link to a wave tank demonstration of the energy buildup and release that causes them.
- I know I have posted this before, but Phillip Reeves’ site has an excellent summary of the Olympus Zuiko film era lenses. To date, it is the best site found and one that I hope is maintained for a while. We lost the Tamron Adaptall site to the Wayback Machine sometime over the last couple of years, which is a shame because it was excellent. I hope someone will resurrect that one. I might but do not have time invest.
- Another source for Olympus film camera information is Olypedia. It is in German, but browser technology is sufficiently advanced that on-the-fly translation works well.
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GAS-afflictedphotographer in me loves reading about vintage glass. Aperturepedia is an excellent and previously unknown to me resource. - Why have a posted this mess of links associated with ancient Olympus film cameras? Well, a decade ago an old motorcycle friend offered to sell me his vintage kit for a reasonable price. So I found myself with a small collection of Olympus film gear. I have taken up with the tiny bodies and small lenses because I really do not care to carry big glass. I am learning my way around the Olympus system well enough to have a small, carefully curated collection of bodies and glass that do much of what I want to do.
- It is now Saturday and this will post this evening. As I looked through my archive (on this day), I came across an entry where I reposted an image of Wife in an entry entitled More than a Decade. As I look back on that entry, I recall how I felt three-years ago about the life and loss of both girls. They look so young and vital. That would be true, because both of them are now frozen in time and no longer grow older. So they will forever be the age at which I made the images.
- That entry pointed back to Seven Years, which was a reflection on Wife and Ki. Now it is six-years later and not much has changed. I still miss them both and few days pass without one or both coming to mind for a few minutes.
I will close this week’s remainders with those last thoughts. Tomorrow (maybe) I will start another remainders entry where I keep a running journal of what captured my attention (either because I was looking for something specific or just wandering the Interwebs). Who knows where I wander.
I remain grateful. Life is good. God is good.
