Thursday Threesome

Onesome: Lights!- What do you think of the trend to light up houses for *every* holiday? It used to be just Christmas and maybe Halloween, but lately the stores have been full of Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day lights. Oh, and Thanksgiving/Autumn and...

Easter lights. Well, there's certain holidays that go along with lights, even if it seems kind of silly. Easter, Valentine's Day...okay, although the latter used to be a lot more fun holiday. People used to make Valentine cards for the people they liked, and write verses and have parties and really express how they felt. Now it's just cards and candy and flowers. Despite the eggs and the rabbits, I still see Easter as a more religious holiday. Candles might be appropriate, not strings of lights. I can't see lights for Thanksgiving, either. Candles again, but not strings of lights. St. Patrick's Day--gah. Taken a perfectly good Saint's day and turned it into an excuse for getting drunk (as if the sort of people who get drunk on St. Paddy's needed an excuse anyway).

Hallowe'en lights are absurd. Hallowe'en used to be a fun holiday where folks had parties and did fun rituals to predict the future. Kids ran out and did mischief, but except for the odd troublemaker, nothing that couldn't be corrected the next morning. After World War II trick or treating started. Now people have lights everywhere and go overboard the way they do for Christmas. A couple of Jack o'Lanterns, cool...but strings and strings of lights? Hallowe'en's a holiday of the dark, not the light.

Twosome: Camera!- What's your preference? Digital or film, black and white or color, portraits, candids, or just whatever catches your eye?

We have two digitals. (Our film cameras are broken. We both had real 35mm cameras, but the main lens was broken on mine several years ago, although the telephoto lens still works. The shutters don't work at high speed. We had them fixed and not six months later the problem returned.) I think black and white shots are cool, but they take a certain artistry. I enjoy candid photography. I love taking pictures of people just having a good time or doing what they're supposed to be doing, not posed stiffly.

Threesome: Action!- Do you have a favorite sport? Do you follow the local high school or college team, trek to the kids' games each weekend or are you all about the pros?

You mean like competitive team sports? Never did get into that, not even at World Series or Superbowl time. I thought the point of playing a game was to have fun. If dog agility trials are a sport, then I like that best. It's also fun to watch horse jumping.

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