• coffee life,  musings

    An Hour at the Library

    March 10, 2026
    Cortado at Mugs this morning

    I spent an hour at the Harmony Library this afternoon. It has been a cold day so the library sounded inviting. I was a librarian my senior year in high school to pickup a credit or two. As I reflected I realized that working in the library today is much different than in 1968. Back then nothing was digital. The old card file system worked just fine and an ink can with an ink soaked sponge and a rubber stamp. Interestingly I watched as librarians helped people with the many desktop computers that they have everywhere. So a librarian needs to be tech savvy now a days. They also have a media center where people can print papers, articles and assignments. My media center back then was a notebook and pencil. As I sat and journaled with my fountain pen, I noticed a crackling and rustling sound as a woman sitting near me turned the pages of a newspaper. Now that’s a sound I don’t hear much any more. I also watched several people carrying stacks of 3-6 books to check out, which means there are still people who read books rather than watch television.

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  • computer,  flowers,  Plants

    Out for delivery…

    June 19, 2025
    Foxglove

    Well, I ordered a new Macbook to replace my 7 year old one. I received an email this morning saying it is out for delivery today. I am going to back up and transfer the data myself so if I’m silent for a couple of days it’s cuz I’ve probably encountered a pilot error (Maybe two).

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  • Software

    Here’s what I did

    March 10, 2021

    Had an issue with Lightroom not seeing or reading my new 64Gb SD cards. Took a while but figured out what was going on. All SD cards 64Gb andlarger will be formatted in exFAT rather than FAT32. So, on my Macbook Pro I needed to change the setting in System Preferences. Here is what I did.

    Quit Lightroom.
    Opened System Preferences
    Select Security & Privacy
    Select tab Privacy and scroll down the left side list to “Files and Folders”
    Then make sure the option for ‘Removable Volumes’, Downloads Folder’ and ‘Documents Folder’ boxes are checked. You may have to unlock the padlock.
    Exit out and restart Lightroom Classic.

    Snowflakes are appearing as I post this. We are not expected to see much today or tomorrow but Friday and into Saturday could bring heavy snow day for us out here. Made a run to the store this morning and stocked up on chocolate, peanut butter, Irish Oats, cashews and toilet paper. 😁 I’ll keep you informed of the weather.

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  • coffee shops,  lifestyles,  Photography,  rants,  Software

    Here Comes the Snow

    March 1, 2019

    Now sitting at a coffee shop looking to the mountains in the west. They are now being shrouded by clouds as a storm moves into the Colorado Front Range. There will be more snow and plenty of cold over the next few days.

    Spent almost 6 hours with Adobe support yesterday trying to get Lightroom Classic installed and running. I had to let them have control of this new computer on a couple of occasions. Amazing, this technology and how far behind I am. They had to go into my keychain, which I knew nothing about, and delete some Adobe files that were dated back to 2009. Whew! It was a test of my patience and think theirs. Now have Lightroom working and used it for the above image. See, I’m already a better photographer. And, it was a raw file rather than a jpeg.

    I can feel the difference in this keyboard. There will be an adjusting period. Don’t suppose this new laptop will make me a better typist? I may type faster which means I can misspell more words faster. 🙂

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  • rants,  writing/reading

    Things I Think I Need

    August 20, 2018
    The County Road
    The view on a County Road 90

    The Things I Think I Need otherwise known as TITIN. I think I caught it. It explains much of my thinking over the past few decades. I’m pretty sure there are no med’s for it, although I suppose I could ask my family doctor. He may get a kick out of it or have the same affliction, disease, broken thinking, or whatever ya call it.

    My TITIN thinking is trying to justify purchasing a new laptop or an iPad Pro or a Surface Go to replace an old Chromebook and a nine year old Macbook. I use both of these tools for writing on my blog, reading your blogs, checking emails, editing my images and, of course internet shopping for the next thing I think I need.

    According to marketing both tools are outdated, which means there are hands wanting to take more money from my wallet for their latest and greatest. They don’t seem to understand there is no money in the wallet. I’m retired! Every once in awhile the Sugar Mama solution enters my mind but the side effects may be worse than the solution.

    In all honesty the Macbook is outdated due the constant updating of software. However, my simple needs are met with both the tools I have. I wonder if TITIN is related to GAS Cramps.

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  • Travel,  writing/reading

    Hotel Time

    March 22, 2009
    Hotel Time

    Hotel time. As with many who travel with their work, we can find ourselves spending some alone time in our hotel rooms. As I have written about before the desk in our rooms can be a place to relax, journal, read and find quiet time. On this trip I brought along my laptop because of my recurrent training and study.

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