Philip Brewer
I write science fiction and fantasy stories.
I also write about personal finance and frugality for Wise Bread.
I speak Esperanto, and use it to communicate internationally. Esperantistoj, legu mian esperantan hejmpaĝon.
Personal finance articles (at Wise Bread)- Interesting stuff
Tag Archives: Photography
Pictures of me teaching taiji
As he describes in a post on his own blog, my brother came and took some pictures of me teaching my taiji class. (That link goes to the Flickr set.)
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Tagged exercise, Fitness, Photography, tai chi, taiji
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Kal-Haven training walk #4
Continuing our series of long walks to prepare for a possible through hike of the Kal-Haven trail, Jackie and I walked 16.72 miles today. We walked to the University of Illinois’s arboretum, and then on through south Urbana to Milo’s … Continue reading
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Tagged art, endurance exercise, exercise, Fitness, hiking, kal-haven trail, Photography, public art, sculpture, walking
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Barefoot running—with shoes (and a ladybug)
I decided that I wanted to try barefoot running. Of course, I didn’t want to actually run with bare feet. That seems stupid (although I suppose it’s another capability that might be worth developing, just in case circumstances arise where … Continue reading
Today’s sunflowers
We went to the garden early, to harvest and water. (Right now, anything you want to do has to be done early, because of the heat.) We took a lot of sunflowers—and these are on top of the flowers we … Continue reading
Rapunzel knows
Rapunzel knows there are some things that are just not worth worrying about. One of which is apparently waking up to find that someone has accidentally piled a heap of clothes on top of you.
Photo of Jackie’s fabric
I did a photo-shoot for Jackie this morning, taking some pictures of her new fabric fresh off the loom. I rather liked this picture, which I think captures the texture of the fabric rather nicely. (Click the photo for a … Continue reading
Lunch boxes
I took this photo specifically to illustrate my latest Wise Bread post, which uses lunch boxes as an example in a discussion about how to choose between buying disposable versus buying to last. The editor ended up going with a … Continue reading
Jackie’s Huck Weaving, with cat
Jackie has an update about her latest project, in which she’s weaving something called Huck Lace. I mostly wanted to draw attention to the third picture, in which I captured Rapunzel “helping.” In this case, she’s helping by poking her … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cat pictures, fiber, fiber arts, Photography, rapunzel, textiles
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The birds think it’s spring
Jackie and I went for our first bike ride of the year. We followed our traditional first-ride route, around Kaufman Lake, past the Olympic Monument, around Parkland College, and then back. This year we went 6.27 miles. I’d been hearing … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, birds, cardinals, copper slough, crows, exercise, Fitness, kaufman lake, Photography, public art, red-winged blackbirds, robins, seasons, spring
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How voting helps
I’ve long been peeved by how little credit people give to the power of their vote. So many people seem to think that a vote isn’t effective unless it holds the balance of power, as if their vote only counted … Continue reading