Mysteries

The film is a bit different than the other Polaroid I have been working with, but I am taking what I can get right now. Hence, the look is a bit different, too. If I can only figure out the Fuji film and invent a process for mucking it up the right way, I will be in business. Who knows, though. I will not count on it until it happens.

While the film lasts, I want to work on a circus series--jugglers, trapeze artists, animal trainers, clowns--and I need vintage costumes. If you have any leads on that, let me know. I'll give you a print if it works out.

Young Sherlock here was preparing for his birthday party. It is to have a Holmes theme. I will need to provide the mystery that his young guests will be challenged to solve. It is to be a dinner party with clues, surprises, rewards. A tall order.

All the video rental stores in my town have closed. If you want a video immediately now, you haven't many choices. You can go to the big red box at the grocery store and rent one for a dollar, but I've tried twice and it worked neither time. There used to be great little video stores here that held all sorts of old and obscure movies, and it was always fine to walk in drunk and pick up something. But these have gone the way of the card catalogue at the library. Even the libraries are shrinking their book collections as they go more and more online. I like the digital world fine, don't get me wrong. It is a great tool, a great enhancement. But I am going to miss the muzzy loveliness of a video shop and the immediate gratification of getting something I didn't know I wanted on the spot. Such things can change your life.