Cameras and Time

I've been kind of obsessed with timelapse for a few years. After watching an incredible documentary about big wave surfing Sunday, I'm reminded again that it's drive and vision, not tools and circumstances that make strong people create. Here's something from Vincente Sahuc, who has a cool name.


Almeria 2008 from Vicente Sahuc on Vimeo.

Amen

Barack Obama is President of the United States of America.
In Sewanee, we watched the inauguration on the big screen with standing ovations and whooping delight. It feels great to be from this continent again. I didn't expect to be excited by the event, but I was. First, Obama became president quietly at noon, during a piece of nouveau string music with touches of the Shaker Hymn. He then spoke in a coherent way, addressing people of various religions, including nonbelievers on mostly equal footing. Thanks for the shoutout. Finally, as if to apologize for the abysmal invocation by the hula hooper who wrote the purpose driven life, a fantastic benediction was offered by Rev Joseph E. Lowery, who made me actually want to go to church. O happy day.

Good luck, Mr. President.

My Dad at Work

Calvin Padgett is a carpenter.
It's about 6:17 am, so that means he is probably brewing up some Folgers and warming up the truck. Both my parents have worked hard all my life to make sure my brother and I had every chance. When it's cold outside, Dad goes to work. When it's raining, he goes to work. When it's sunny and nice, he goes to work. He has worked with wood as long as I can remember, and with my Grandpa's company in the '80s, put the finishing touches on some spectacular churchouses. Here is a house in Orchard Knob, Chattanooga, where we wrestled a big heavy window into a slightly bigger hole in the wall. If you see him around town, he drives a red chevy truck that says "N. America 1st, Hire USA." He is 50 today. Happy Birthday, Dad.