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Photo Friday, No. 479

Current Photo Friday theme: Best of 2015

At the end of every year, I’m never sure what to do with this “best of” theme. I’m not a brilliant photographer, so I don’t have technically great shots. I rarely travel, so I have no exotic locations to share. I have thousands of dog photos and the reason some of them are amazing is because dogs are amazing and now and again I get a lucky shot of one.

But all year, whenever I’ve scrolled through my photos, this has remained one of my favorites–a driver carrying dog toys to a van on transport day. It gets my “best of” vote because during a sometimes personally challenging year, against a backdrop of tumultuous world events, I’ve been reminded all the time that there are people who do good things and make life better for all of us.

Photo Friday, No. 475

Current Photo Friday theme: Glass

When I grieve, I tend to turn away from the books I usually enjoy reading and revisit the more literary works on my shelves. Or in this case, pick up a book I’ve had since college that I was supposed to have read (twice) and probably even answered test questions about, but I never actually read.

As I read, I slip back into student mode and search for essay topics. In the case of Redburn, I immediately began noting every reference to glass and developing how I’d explore glass as a metaphor throughout the book.

Then I remembered Dr. Beidler isn’t expecting a paper from me. So English graduate students, you’re welcome to steal my idea. Because the book’s been around since 1849, I can’t promise glass hasn’t been done.

I’ll repeat what surprised me most when I read Moby Dick: Melville makes me laugh. And my glass contains no alcohol.