Goodbye 2020!
Twenty-twenty ends in a couple of days and everyone I listen to, from talking-heads on TV to the neighbors next door, have hopes for a better year in 2021. Certainly, I am hoping that vaccine …
Month: December 2020
Changing seasons?
[a pet peeve]
Almost every culture in temperate latitudes has the four seasons we learnt as kids; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Most of us, especially if we grew up in Europe, notice the seasons changing but we …
The Ken-Burns Effect
Anyone who has watched a documentary produced by Ken Burns will have noticed the way he brings old photographs to life. Instead of showing a large static photo on screen, he crops to a detail, …