I am going on a trip so I get a haircut

When Jacob was growing up and would come home and find I had just gotten a haircut, he would say something like, "I see you're going on another trip, Dad." I just got a haircut. I'm going on another trip. This is Misty, cutting my hair at Sport Clips. I like to get my haircut by Leah Frankson, originally of Point Hope, now doing business in Anchorage, but sometimes it is just too hard to get a haircut in Anchorage and so I get it out here in Wasilla. The folks at sport clips are fast and good. But Leah, if you see this, I will be back when I can make it. I did take an "after" shot. I'm debating whether I should put it up or not. One-shot seems enough, but maybe…

I suppose I might as well get it out of the way: the "after" shot. I don't think I will post anything more until tomorrow morning when I leave on my trip.

I miss the New Year's Eve fireworks but get there in time for the traffic jam; train story; my working conditions are really tough

This is the photo I took yesterday with Aperture priority selected at F-11. I took it because a bit earlier Kalib had called me on his mother's phone. "Grandpa!" he shrieked

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The mountain, the haircut; daughter and I embibe in Devil's drink, #2 and other stories from an exquisite day in the magical Season of Light

Afternoon had now slipped into early evening. I was getting no work done at all and I

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