I’ve started reading this book, and while some of it isn’t so relevant to me (geared towards professional food photographers or those who would like to become them, so talking about apertures and the like), some of it is. I’d like to take better photos for you all. And the intro was actually just rather […]
“When you are pursuing a dream, you will find the time.” Read More »
Here’s a little Feast milestone — we’ve sent out all the Kickstarter edition copies we’d ordered. Eep! In theory, I could still buy more from IngramSpark as POD, but I’m hoping to never do that again, as they cost $20 each to print, which means I don’t even really break even on those, once you
A Feast of Serendib print run copies have arrived! Read More »
It’s been an evolution, figuring out how to do at least three different jobs (professor, indie publisher, nonprofit arts director) as one person. Part of that was realizing I needed help, and then it turned out that it took me quite a while to find the right *kind* of help. I think I’m making good
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I walked by this gallery and had to go in — Nathan Myhrvold takes food photos using robots (among many other things he does — he seems like something of a polymath). The photos are striking and also often fun. I did actually pick up a ‘how to photograph food’ book at the Book Larder: A Community Cookbook
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[Note: Toronto visit question following at the end of this.] A highlight of the con was getting to spend a little more time with SJ Sindu, brilliant young Sri Lankan novelist, now a professor at University of Toronto, and they are lucky to have her. I loved her _Marriage of a Thousand Lies_, and you will
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I’ve just ordered a big 12-month wall calendar, because it was starting to feel overwhelming trying to keep track of everything with GCal alone. The shared family GCal is working well for us in most respects, but it makes it hard to see things over the course of the year. I’m hoping having this up
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content note: weight / exercise … … … As a side note to the long healthy travel post a little ways back, I must admit that I do still fret about appearance and weight too. I almost don’t want to talk about it, because I’ve spent enough time reading through work from the fat acceptance
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content note: exercise / healthy food choices also: request for advice / suggestions … … So, I’m planning on traveling a lot in 2020, with constructing the book tour for Feast, along with SF convention work for the SLF. Prioritizing health is surprisingly difficult to manage with this much travel. It’s become clear that at
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Funny moment at SALA — someone stopped me in the hall and said she liked the problem with going deep is that you can fall in. And I had this moment of bewilderment, because that sounded familiar, but I couldn’t remember why. And then she explained a little more, and I realized oh, right, that’s
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I think I’m going to try doing a teaching video of Beef Smoore today, which is a super-simple Sri Lankan roast. The tricky thing is that I’m doing it with some visiting friends, Lisette and Carmela, and the recipe calls to marinate for 2 hours, and later to cook for 2 hours. So in order to film that,
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