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I went down to the James River last evening to try out the Nikon D40 that I purchased from Amazon a few days ago. It’s a smaller camera than the D70 (far less expensive too) and it has a superior LCD screen and setup options on the screen. Here is a photo I took with it. I also bought the Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor Lens. It does take better photos further away than anything I have used in the past. And it has a stabilization process that makes things clearer. I sent the D70 back to Nikon as well so it was a productive day. Hopefully they can awaken it from its coma and send it home again.

I still love you Nikon D70 wherever you are. Get well soon.

We are heading back to Virginia Beach this weekend and I hope to take a few better photos after learning from my experiences last weekend. Of course you can never tell what you are going to get down there. Things may be completely different and it will have nothing to do with my learning curve.

My learning curve sometimes seems more like a speed bump in the road.

I hope nobody is grossed out my the video of Craig Ferguson’s dream. Let me know if it bothers you. I find him to be extremely funny and Beth thinks I have lost my mind once again.

Amazon ads are making an appearance. It’s curiosity. Would anyone actually use them to make a buying decision?

I am skeptical. But I love Amazon and personally try to keep them in business by running the UPS guy up and down the road with packages.

Everyone have a great weekend. It’s the best time of year with the cool, dry weather and the beautiful fall colors coming soon. Or maybe they have already come to you. Bernie?

I know that Jeff is happily snapping photos up there in New Hampshire. I was in upper NH once camping out. I swear a bear was watching me. It was pretty scary.

Something was watching. Do you ever feel like you are being watched? Halloween is coming! Time for some more stories about UFO’s!  Yikes.

It’s midweek boys and girls.  And here we are still pursuing our dreams!  I hope.  Some of us are just trying to survive and that’s not nearly as much fun.   My heartfelt condolences to those of us who are doing that.

I used to do that back in the late 1970′2 and early 80’s.   I was in my late 20’s and early 30’s back then.  Can you remember a time in your life that was particularly difficult?  Did you ever just look around at people passing and ENVY  *ALL* of them?

You just knew that they all had a much better life than you did.

I used to do that in some of my weaker moments.   And then I used to meditate during other  times.  I remember meditating one time for about three hours.  And after about that length of time I suddenly realized I wasn’t breathing anymore.  I was in some kind of pure energy state. It was a pretty amazing experience.  I was engulfed in blissful happiness.   And then, of course, I started breathing again.  The realization brought me back to earth.   But it was meditation that helped me make some good decisions and survive those times.  I also managed to care for two small children who are now happy and fully functional adults.  We will be going up to see my daughter in October.

She lives in Leesburg, Virginia.  For those of you who don’t know Virginia  Leesburg is a wealthy suburb of Washington DC.    When my precious daughter  was a little girl she had psoriasis that just took over her body.  It got in her scalp.  It was awful.   I used to take her down to MCV to see this really cool doctor.  He would make her laugh with his wide eyed stares.   And then he would prescribe all these steroids and tar-based ointments.

And then we would go back to our humble little apartment and pray they would work.

But my daughter is a lovely grown woman now with three beautiful children and a wonderful husband who has an office overlooking the White House. And the coolest thing about him is that when he walks in the door after work around six pm he is laughing and ready to be with his wife and children.

Life is very funny sometimes.   I hope I can learn to meditate  again and maybe even stop breathing for awhile.   I’m pretty sure that is the way to samadhi.  Or heaven for those of us who are not familiar with that term.

I hope I can find the way back there before I die.

God really did take care of us during those times.  And he still does even if I don’t try and visit with Him the way I used to do.

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Do you visit with Him?  Does he take care of you?

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