tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:24:57 +0000all I've got is a photographtravelpersisting through the pandemicensuring there are more cats on the Internetbuildings and mountainsback to naturethe daughterbecause I said sogrieffor the birdsfaunaambiguity is good for youthere's a moon in the sky called the moonconcertsgardensanger management"Happy" holidaysperformance photo realistartand now back to our regularly scheduled programmingart!floraHalloweenas the world turnscatswearyI got the music in meannoyances large and smallcats FTWendings and beginningsfood (the delicious kind)museumsout the windowwhen all this actual life played outarchitecturebad dog no nobaseballbeachesbirthdaycan labels laugh? cause I'm laughinglet it snowmovie magicJust another day at the officeas I mean to go onbecause it's interestingblah blah blahthe sonairportsall creatures great and smallbridgesheadache (not my favorite)in the night gardenthe complications of lifethe concept of escapewar and remembrancewhat makes me happywhen hell is travel*ahem*adventures in cookingand butterflies are free to sit still and do nothingboredom as artfirehistory in the fleshlife and how not to live itlife and how to live itlooks like nasty weatherthe big skythe seathese precious thingsa moment of silenceanother Make It Work momentastronomical mayhembiting my tongue until it bleedsbody partscemeteriesdesperate and seriousdream daysfun on the horizonghost storiesgotta have friendshow it isleaving on a jet planelife pastmemorymorning lightoh honestlyout there somewhererebuilding and rebirthstill giddy after all these yearsthe sun also setsthe treeswaiting for the girl who gave up hopewe are familywhen good-bye is the hardest word#hauntedI know this won't sound as funny the next time I read itProgress huh?another bloody day in O.C.baby stepsbe afraidblack-eyed peas for luckbrokenchicas doing it rightchurchcount your blessingsdo I own the home or does the home own me?endingsgeologyhow pretty the picture was back theniceit sometimes rains in Californiait's the end of the world (again)kids will be kidslife in a momentlike cats and dogslook homewardmemorialsmissing something or someone that I can't have nowmore rockspost traumaticstreet scenethe art and science of photographythe art and science of writingthe circle of lifethe sky at nightthere is no explanationFYP!I feel the earth move under my feetSPIDERS!This is my life tooanother bloody day in L.A.are you sure about that?best band in the universebig orange spider california 'cause that's what all y'all always googlebookschildhoodcome with medays of future passeddon't blinkend of the roadensuring there are more fish on the internetevery rock tells a storyexasperatedexciting (exclamation point)finding happiness where you canfor a few people no ambiguity therefour seasons of Californiaghost towngood riddancegrr arghheartbreakhistoryif I could be a cameralandslidesleaving well enough alone sort oflet them eat cakemasksmissed opportunitiesno I don't know what got into me eithernovel ideasobjects in the viewfinder are closer than they appearonly at home when I'm on the flysecrets and childhoodsillinessspring is springingsuburbia sortasunrise sunsetthe people that you meet when you're walking down the streetthe secret life of the worldthis too will passthis would be the time for a new labeltime fliestour de doorstyranny of the blank pageup in the airvolcanicswatching the worldwhen the world is running downwhen you're the ghostwhistling in the darkyes dammit I am braggingyou want a trigger I'll give you a fucking trigger1110022 down 5 to go25 or 6 to 43.8 months and counting99% will not know what I'm on aboutGoogle what the hell did you do to Blogger now?I do not like driving in the dark Sam I AmI don't even know anymoreI don't like heightsI finished NaBloPoMo woohooI hear the sound of the ticking of clocksI love rock and rollI must not think bad thoughtsI need a little room to breatheI need to abolish the word "busy" from my vocabularyI will always be a pain in *someone's* behindI wouldn't even know how to label this oneI'm radioactiveI've got complainLaLaLandMercutio's (or someone's) endMerry ChristmasPave paradise and put up high density housingVOTEand I thought chicken puppets were badanother yearbaby you can't drive my carball gowns for tomboysbits and piecesbuggiesbureaucratic bullshitbusy beecheap shotscloudsclownscoffee is my drug of choicecookiescry baby crycue Subdivisionsculture or something like itdancedevil windsdoing it rightdomestic doingsdon't be so uptightdon't play with your grass clippingsdon't you point that thing at medreams and small fictionsdrivedrive she saiddroughtearthquakes and heartbreakseye in the skyforce of naturefrom a hotel windowgames people playgoldenguerrilla theaterhark the herald angelsheatwavehuman anatomy and physiology and tequilain another worldin sickness and in healthirreverentje t'aime Parisjoys of home ownershipkeeping it all in the familykeeping scorekitchen chemistryland and the lightlet it golevity requiredlife in motionlife in the parenthetical phrasesliving a littlelovemad as hellmath?melancholy daysmild sarcasmmistake cakemood (and it's not a good one)moonmortality and all that entailsmoving backward to move forwardmy aching backmy family are nutsmystery achievementneed and wantno doubt I'll be bored by Octoberno more wordsno way I could make this upnon non non Eloisenot what you should be doingnot winningnothing like the real thingnow is that gratitude?oh for crying out loudon New Year's Dayone foot forwardpandemicpeace and kindness should be a daily endeavor not a once a year thingpersonal idiocyprivacyproving the pointpublic art (said unironically)pushing the last one out of the nestpwnageraging in the lightrecipesred carpetsred herringreliefrerunsrolling on the riverseriously?shoelacesshoesslowly going blindso awesome I could screamsocial historysolitarysomething goodsqueeeeeeestill bereftstill in Hollywoodsuffer the little animalsswiftly pass the yearstextsthanks Suzanne Vegathat's thatthe Biblical angel you want to see in the worldthe art of sciencethe before timesthe dubious joys of miscommunication and misunderstandingthe endless box parade that haunts my housethe four seasonsthe horrorthe numbers gamethe wanderlust of years smashed onto yearsthe year of dialing it intheme parksthinking deep thoughtsthis development does not rule out burger flippingthis is my lifethis woman's workthis won't hurt a bittick tick boomtime to dump this thingtold ya sotongue firmly in cheek (mostly)too tired to crytrying to feel something other than despairunder pressureunleaded fuel onlyvaccineviewing the present through the pastwhat iswhen the circus comes to townwhen too much is too muchwhere is the wave...why are there tears streaming down my face?why yes I DID take wood shop in high schoolwild wild lifewill I miss this place?words in the nightyawningyes I know my labels aren't as much fun over hereyes some of this is comedyyou are my sunshineyou can't go home againyou thought I was joking didn't you?your truth may varyI was probably looking through the viewfinderhttp://mooberry2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)Blogger1014125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-5381087901189873533Wed, 19 Apr 2023 05:42:00 +00002023-04-18T22:42:19.155-07:00concertsfinding happiness where you cangriefI got the music in me Nokia theaterLos Angeles, California18 April 2013I never thought I'd get so much joy out of booing Jann Wenner.I never thought that so many people I loved would now be gone.The eternal reminder to take what's offered to you because the opportunity might never be repeated.It was a very good night.http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-know-its-only-rock-n-roll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-9029855332983817017Fri, 14 Apr 2023 23:09:00 +00002023-04-18T22:42:45.181-07:00concertsI got the music in meMuseHonda CenterAnaheim, California12 April 2023There's more than one story here. One is about the last time we saw Muse perform (that was 2010, and I also had tickets to see them at Staples, probably around 2017, but didn't get there and that's another story).One is about the last concert I saw. What I worried would be the last concert I would ever see. And that was in early February 2020. The http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2023/04/not-last-time-better-cell-phone-camera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-2526363628448521989Thu, 02 Mar 2023 07:19:00 +00002023-03-01T23:19:37.537-08:00let it snowlooks like nasty weatherHell froze over.No, really, for a few moments, there was graupel and a few flakes. We are only about 150 feet above sea level, and I've never seen anything like this here. Hard frost is unusual enough.In like a snow leopard.http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2023/03/wednesday-it-is-snowing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-8098895877985093363Thu, 23 Feb 2023 01:15:00 +00002023-02-22T17:15:39.327-08:00#hauntedgriefmemory Milton22 February 2017I woke up this morning thinking about the fact that it would have been the birthday of my closest early childhood friend. She died Christmas Eve 2019, while I was walking through the snow in Santa Fe. I didn't learn of her death until some months later. That loss haunts me, though the friendship had long since ceased to exist.***************Near the end of his life, Milton http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2023/02/hauntings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-7283395159419996070Wed, 02 Nov 2022 02:04:00 +00002023-02-22T17:16:02.812-08:00the daughterAustin Film Festival Young Filmmakers ProgramAustin, Texas1 November 2015http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-important-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-7557912432503260742Tue, 01 Nov 2022 03:50:00 +00002022-10-31T20:50:44.839-07:00Halloweenperformance photo realistpersisting through the pandemicthe before times Sixth StreetAustin, Texas31 October 2015In the olden days. When I was willing to go to a street party.http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2022/10/street-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-5300199152543764154Sat, 01 Oct 2022 03:01:00 +00002022-09-30T20:01:31.973-07:00art!performance photo realistpersisting through the pandemic Glowquarium, Meow WolfSanta Fe, New Mexico22 September 2022http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2022/09/once-more-with-feeling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-2004576884663957407Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:49:00 +00002022-08-01T22:49:59.593-07:00all creatures great and smallanger managementpersisting through the pandemicwild wild lifeWee desert cottontailOrange County, California1 August 2022Cross-posted from Out of the Kitchen.http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2022/08/bless-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-4498323475156116327Fri, 29 Apr 2022 20:57:00 +00002022-04-29T14:04:09.893-07:00doing it rightpersisting through the pandemictextsthe Biblical angel you want to see in the worldthe son A text exchange 27 April 2022The son and I are very alike. This is a given. He moved away years ago. College, then work and off into his life. However, I can text him a random photograph and this is what ensues. Telegraphed hilarity.http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2022/04/galadriel-or-something-like-her.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-6931700909574835740Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:35:00 +00002022-04-15T20:04:50.934-07:00cry baby crypersisting through the pandemictravel United States Capitol Washington, D.C. 7 March 2022 http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2022/03/fortress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-1117251494091706468Thu, 03 Mar 2022 22:45:00 +00002022-03-11T12:14:17.242-08:00museumspersisting through the pandemicpost traumatictravel Laurie Anderson: The Weather The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C. 3 March 2022http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2022/03/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-3219444496509083577Tue, 25 Jan 2022 01:10:00 +00002022-01-24T17:12:25.598-08:00all I've got is a photographperformance photo realistpersisting through the pandemicviewing the present through the pastOrange County, California24 January 2008This is an early photo I took for the heading on Out of the Kitchen when I still learning HTML and blogging and what not. Fourteen years ago. The world was such a different place. I was such a different person.http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2022/01/fourteen-years-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-6797600651543416742Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:41:00 +00002021-10-31T21:53:39.229-07:00Halloweenperformance photo realistpersisting through the pandemic 31 October 2021http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/10/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-1391808318481799431Fri, 01 Oct 2021 05:30:00 +00002021-09-30T22:30:23.919-07:00gardenspersisting through the pandemic Garden10 April 2021http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-end-of-another-month.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-1467945061804641325Wed, 01 Sep 2021 06:46:00 +00002021-08-31T23:46:25.612-07:00buildings and mountainspersisting through the pandemictravel Virgin River GorgeArizona5 August 2021http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/08/through-gorge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-7540241095303983942Sun, 01 Aug 2021 04:36:00 +00002021-08-05T21:21:44.871-07:00 Fossil Butte National Monument Kemmerer, Wyoming 31 July 2021http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/07/mountain-majesty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-2870845533932547428Thu, 01 Jul 2021 06:05:00 +00002021-06-30T23:05:45.181-07:00travel  Beale Street Memphis, Tennessee 30 June 2014This was such a strange trip, but oddly rewarding at the end of the day.http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/06/walking-in-memphis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-3714915812801682676Sun, 23 May 2021 06:31:00 +00002021-05-22T23:31:45.745-07:00birthdaylet them eat cakepersisting through the pandemicI made my cake and ate it too(Vanilla cake, strawberry frosting from scratch)Tech stuff: taken with my iPhone11. For the feed reader folk (because you don't see this on the blog sidebar): Talk to me: OutOfTh3Kitchen at gmail dot com. For additional information on this site's cookie usage, go here.http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/05/pandemic-birthday-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-2162863058003392243Sun, 11 Apr 2021 03:10:00 +00002021-04-10T20:10:41.228-07:00I hear the sound of the ticking of clockspersisting through the pandemicvaccineApril 2021Irvine, CaliforniaI am cautiously hopeful and incautiously worried as hell. Variants.And a vaccine that gives 6 months immunity...which lands us right at next autumn.I worry the next wave is imminent. And if not, what does that mean for next winter?Yes, I understand how this works. We live with this forever, our immune systems becoming slightly less naive to it over time. I won't be http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/04/whisper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-4900375400865741572Fri, 05 Mar 2021 06:02:00 +00002021-04-10T20:08:44.951-07:00persisting through the pandemicthere's a moon in the sky called the moonMoon26 February 2021I guess it says something that I can't even be bothered to watermark my work though the bots have been on the attack on both blogs.I guess it says I'm really tired.Tech stuff: taken with my iPhone11. For the feed reader folk (because you don't see this on the blog sidebar): Talk to me: OutOfTh3Kitchen at gmail dot com. For additional information on this site's cookie usage, gohttp://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/03/snow-moon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-8203239500409476730Tue, 02 Feb 2021 07:17:00 +00002021-02-01T23:17:37.591-08:00persisting through the pandemicthe big skyThe sky22 January 2021And not much else.Tech stuff: taken with my iPhone11. For the feed reader folk (because you don't see this on the blog sidebar): Talk to me: OutOfTh3Kitchen at gmail dot com. For additional information on this site's cookie usage, go here.http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/02/alive-and-kicking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-1956646460771583101Sat, 02 Jan 2021 05:11:00 +00002021-01-01T21:11:44.961-08:00"Happy" holidaysin the night gardenpersisting through the pandemicTrees29 December 2020I have two version of Hipstamatic on my phone, the classic as well as X. I have been known to fiddle with lenses and settings when I am bored so I took about 30 shots of trees in a parking lot the other night. It's all a very "watch what happens next" approach to photography if you can rightfully even call it photography.And 2021...yer off.Tech stuff: taken with my iPhone11. http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2021/01/random-weirdness-to-start-weird-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-9132989555551980055Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:28:00 +00002020-12-31T23:28:05.148-08:00all I've got is a photographperformance photo realistpersisting through the pandemichttp://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-year-that-wasnt-in-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-8756232436767697905Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:27:00 +00002020-11-02T21:03:48.809-08:00desperate and seriousexasperatedpersisting through the pandemicVOTEPandemic voting kit1 November 2020Paranoid much? Yes. We all receive vote-by-mail ballots. In some ways, they seemed like a better bet than going to the polls, though I've never NOT gone to the polls (not going to say how many presidential elections I've voted in, but I've never skipped one, so a lot). So I did the math. And did the math again. And looked at where the ballot drop boxes were. And http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2020/11/hi-ho-hi-ho-off-to-polls-i-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373160126102097027.post-8323822481783877273Sun, 01 Nov 2020 05:57:00 +00002020-11-02T21:03:15.467-08:00#hauntedHalloweenpersisting through the pandemicwearyFull moon behind the cloudsOrange County, California31 October 2020Business as usual.Or something.I usually am too agitated and angry to write cogently by this time of night.But have a rare Halloween blue moon. Or something.Tech stuff: taken with my iPhone11. For the feed reader folk (because you don't see this on the blog sidebar): Talk to me: OutOfTh3Kitchen at gmail dot com. For additional http://mooberry2.blogspot.com/2020/10/o-spooky-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (guerrilla girl)0