welcome friends, new and old

2006 Holiday Card

For those who've found this site from the New Year's cards we sent out, thanks for looking! This blog has not quite gone live yet, but check back later (probably around mid-January), when my hope is that I'll be posting at least every other day.

My intention for this blog is primarily as a platform to share my photographs and thoughts about seminary, living in Oakland, CA, and finding my identity as I search for a vocation in life. Robin's blog can be found at http://www.xanga.com/rkinney, but she hasn't been updating recently. Given her job and how hard she works at teaching and getting through to her students, I can't blame her--she's very busy. Leave a comment on her blog, and she might be inclined to post more often if she knows others are reading.

We miss all of you! Moving to California has been quite an adventure, and we've left too many friends behind. I hope this will be a way for you to keep apprised of what I've been thinking about and what Robin and I have been doing (should you be interested, that is). Please feel free to leave comments on the posts, even if just to say hi, so I know who's reading. Also, if you have a blog, let me know about it, and you're welcome to link to this one.

Blessings,
Grant

our apartment

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I've been experimenting with a new panoramic tripod head I've constructed out of aluminum. Here's the first experiment. You can view the above panorama in Quicktime VR format below (you'll need a quicktime plug-in to view this and a high-speed connection).

You can download it here: http://www.box.net/public/i68dpiikry

(If anyone knows of some free server space where I can store this file with a direct link so I can embed it in the blog, please let me know).

fancy dan

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A friend, stage name "Fancy Dan," as the featured performer at a local open mic night.