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while driving – gas pedal stuck, auto accel on its own. brake won’t depress. put in N, engine revved. rolled to side, turned engine off, put in P. never been so scared. [read more]
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Amazing Accident
We were backpacking across Ireland and were relying on buses and walking to get us where we wanted to go. We’d just left Galway and were headed to Kinvara, which we realized after boarding the bus headed west was not a usual stop for the driver. Mat and the driver agreed to keep an eye out for a particular road about an hour’s drive away, and the driver would be sure to drop us off. About an hour and a half later, Mat and I woke up abruptly, not sure where we were. After talking with the driver, he admitted… [read more]
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Sandhofen, Germany
This is one of my absolute favorite photos I took while walking around Sandhofen (Mannheim) after a rather snowy night. [read more]
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Ireland
I wish that I could describe Ireland in a way that truly honored what this photo shows, but words constantly fail me. It was an experience that I’ll never forget and have triedunsuccessfully to replicate. This photo shows how the forest looked all around us as we walked on paved, gravel, and dirt paths throughout Killarney. The whole area is this color green. This photo may look like a random snapshot of trees and wild grasses and moss, but for me this was a small glimpse into how the ordinary in Ireland was the extraordinary to me. [read more]
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I want the last seven years back.
I want the last seven years back. [read more]
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Evolution of the Clarinet 1600-1800
The so-called chalumeaux may be allowed to voice their somewhat howling symphony of an evening, perhaps in June or July and from a distance, but never in January at a serenade on the water.1 With the stream of negative comments like the one above found throughout writings of the 16th and 17th centuries, it is a wonder how the early clarinet, known as the chalumeau, survived to become the instrument we all know today. Surely Mozart would not have written his Concerto for Clarinet for an instrument described as having such a harsh and intolerable sound. While listening to the… [read more]