Then & Now

Two photographs. Then is a self portrait assignment from school. Now was taken a few days ago. Then and now were both taken in the winter. Then was taken with a Miranda Sensorex on Tri-X and probably processed in D-76. Now was taken with an Agfa CL-30 point and shoot. Both Then and Now were cropped using "The Gimp" photo editing software. There is a bit of a difference between the two.

The photographic industry has changed quite a bit as well.

1. Agfa sold its consumer photographic division in 2004. It filed for bankruptcy with in a year.
   
2. Kodak has sold it's medical imaging department. They don't manufacture any black and white photographic paper any longer.
3. Kodak, Minolta, Nikon and others have stopped making conventional film cameras.
4. For those who still like to get their hands into film and chemistry, there is the Analog Photography Users Group.

I'm not complaining, just listing some changes. Digital photography and printing has come a long way in the last 10 years.

We can't go back to Then and Now is a moving target. Keep Then with you while you navigate Now...

Books

The library and book stores are two of our favorite places. I have always liked reading and spend hours reading in the days before family and child. Rachel or Rai as she likes to be called, has become an insatiable reader. She just told me that one of her ambitions is to go to the Library of Congress because they have "every book ever published in the United States".

I've added a list of some of our favorite books. Most of the are links to more info about the books or a review. They are listed alphabetically. Rai and I have read many of these together. I'll be adding to this list regularly. Who knows perhaps a review will appear here as well.

Homework

Rachel doesn’t like homework. When I tell her that I understand about her dislike, she has said many times that if I understand, then I shouldn’t make her do it. In December she brought home some extra credit math homework. But there was a twist. This was an assignment for one of her parents to do. She gave it to Judy to complete. I got to sit back and watch the role reversal. There were nine problems. Here are two:

Instructions
Solve the inequality and graph your solution

1. 3b – 6 > 7(b + 2)
2. A video game system costs $185 and one video game costs $14.95. You can spend no more than $280 on the system and games. What is the greatest number of games you can buy?
   

Above is the grade Judy received…

The Beginning

Our Blog...

Well, well, well. It's the 15th day of 1st month of the 7th year of the 21st century and it's probably about time that we have a family blog.

So this is the place to find out all the goings on with Peter, Judy and Rachel.

What you'll find here...
This is a place for family things, opinions and comments. You may find pictures and stories of other parts of our family as well.

• Our nephew Adam recently was honored with his school's 10th Grade Leadership award. This is the second time he has won the leadership award.
  

• David & Anne bought a new house with wild turkeys in the back yard. (No not the ones that come in bottles.)

• I just returned from a quick trip to North Reading for Aaron's Bar Mitzvah. This was a good visit, but too short. I did get to visit with Sandie and Neil and Marc and Stephanie who were also there for the occasion. With any kind of luck there will be pictures up here soon.

The Weather
There are some in our family whose conversations always seem to turn to the weather. Well, it's been cold here. High today was 17° F, with a low of about 5° F. The normal for this time for year is a high of 37° F and a low of 17° F. So while we're used to having winter, it's a bit colder than usual. It is predicted that it should warm up by this coming weekend.