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interview with veterans at our local Veterans Hospital/Retirement Community

May 17, 2012 By

Yesterday I had the honor to interview three of our veterans at our local Veterans Hospital/Retirement Community. I know it meant a half-day out of the studio, but it was worth it. We interviewed three individual that served in WWII. One was a Mobile Hospital Nurse; she served in the continental US, Hawaii, and Europe. She remained on active duty until she was forced to retire. She turned 91 this month. The second was station in Europe and served in the Artillery Division. The third was stationed in the continental US and served as a Supply Officer. It was amazing how clear their memories and stories were. I plan to use parts of the interview in a piece I am doing on Rolling Thunder – Run for the Wall.

I purchased a Go-Pro camera for my helmet to capture video during the ride and Trudy will video the ride from various locations in route. I will join the Southern Group on Monday in Tallulah LA and ride with them to Meridian MS. This is my third time to ride this section of the Southern Route and each time I am impressed with the structure of the ride, honored to be part of this ride, and proud of the Mississippians and their show of patriotism for our service men, both here and abroad.

More to come.

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Why Do My Photographs Deteriorate?

March 20, 2012 By

Photo prints, slides, and negatives are made by using chemicals and chemical dyes that are sensitive to light, moisture, and changes in temperature. Over time, these chemicals degrade and the image starts fading away, turning yellow, and it frequently develops cracks. In addition, dust, oil, dirt, and some gases also contribute to picture deterioration. Rest assured that anything film or paper based would deteriorate over time. A proper storage environment or digital archrival is the best defense against deterioration. For more information on digital archrival, visit our web page.

In my next post I will explain what happens and how to protect your photographs.

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Should I remove my photographs from old albums?

March 19, 2012 By

Good Morning World, it kinds of reminds me of the Robin Williams movie where he was a radio announcer and opens with “GOOD MORNING Vietnam” and the “I love the smell of Napalm in the morning” comments. I think they were metaphors for a hectic lifestyle. Well it’s kind of been one of those mornings. We have been very busy and the phone has been ringing off the hook, this is good of course. We have two potential photo archrival jobs, yep. We’re talking thousands of pictures. So this gave me this inspiration for my Blog today.

Should I remove my photographs from old albums?

Don’t rush to remove photographs from albums just because you think the album is not “archival”. Many older albums with black, gray or colored paper actually may not be harming your photographs while removal may cause immediate damage that is not easily repaired! In addition, older family heirloom albums frequently have valuable inscriptions and a character all their own that would be lost by replacement with a modern album. People sometimes erroneously assume that damage they see is caused by the paper when in fact the damage occurred years ago. For example, stains and fading (especially on black-and-white photos) can be the result of poor processing by the photographer or the glues originally used to spot adhere the photos to the pages. Very little can be done to reverse the damage in these situations. However, some album page papers, even different types of photos or poorly processed photos, or previous tape mends which are in contact with photos on adjacent pages, may be contributing to fading or staining. One simple solution is to interleave those pages with these problems using high quality paper or plastic sheets to isolate each page from its neighbor. Care should be taken so that the album doesn’t become overstuffed with the interleaving, possibly breaking the binding. If the photos really are deteriorating and you choose to have the album disassembled to ensure their preservation, photocopies in color or black-and-white can be made of each page to capture the look and feel of the original, preserve all inscriptions, and keep a record of the order in the album.

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The Golden (Platinum) Rule = The Social Networking Rule

January 15, 2012 By

We speak of it and we try to live by it – “treat others as you would like to be treated.”

To me it’s the main rule one needs to follow within Social Networking.

The Golden Rule was a common principle in ancient Greek philosophy.

A few examples:

“Do not to your neighbor what you would take ill from him.” (Pittacus)

“Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.” (Thales)

“What you wish your neighbors to be to you, such be also to them.” (Sextus the Pythagorean)

“Do not do to others what would anger you if done to you by others.” (Isocrates)

“What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.” (Epictetus)

A couple snippets from different world views…

Christianity:

Matthew 7:12
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

Luke 6:31
“Just as you want others to do for you, do the same for them.”

Judaism:

“That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.”

Buddhism:

“One who, while himself seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other
beings who also desire happiness, will not attain happiness hereafter.”

Confucius:

“Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.”

Hinduism:

“That man who regards all creatures as his own self, and behaves towards them as towards his own self, laying aside the rod of chastisement and completely subjugating his wrath, succeeds in attaining to happiness.”

Islam:

“Woe to those . . . who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure, but when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due”

Taoism:

“Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.”

The “The Platinum Rule” adds a nice addition to the “Golden Rule”…

“The golden rule is a good standard which is further improved by doing unto others, wherever possible, as they want to be done by.”

You’ll see lot’s of “Top 10 Rules of Social Networking” – pick any of the above and I think you’ll have it covered.
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Don’t make a “Goal” instead make a “Promise”

January 15, 2012 By

This is the time of year that many of us start to think about ‘setting goals’.

I try to pull out my “Goal Plan” (a sheet of paper I wrote them on) to see where I am on their achievement on a regular basis.

I end up ‘hitting’ some and not others.

I started to give this more thought and study this month in anticipation of the New Year (Resolution). I came across a Bill Bateman video on iLG where he was talking about his “10 Step Goal Setting” process. It was all really good information – much that I had already learned, but it was good to revisit. He said ‘one thing’ that completely changed the way I’m looking at my personal and business ‘goal setting’.

He said to replace the word ‘Goal‘ with the word ‘Promise‘ when we go about this task. He offered up a study by Harvard that indicated that people “miss their Goals” 76% of the time – but “achieve their Promises” 98% – and that got me thinking about how my own mind interprets the difference between the two words.

First off, I am rare to make ‘Promises’ – I completely understand on a very “Conscious‘ level what that means and I always remember both Mom and Dad teaching ‘how you never make Promises you can’t keep’. Which explains on my subconscious level how I feel about this same word… It is to be taken very seriously!!!

As to ‘Goals’ – for some reason I seem to have an entirely different internal perspective about that word. I’ve made them most my life and if I did not achieve them I would refine either the goal or the time frame and simply forgive myself – or hit a mulligan (do it over).

This year I intend to do this one simply thing; I intend to create my ‘Promise Plan’ for 2009 and in it I intend to make some real ‘Promises’ on what I ‘will do’ both Personally and Business wise this coming year. So far the list is already much shorter as it forces me to ‘filter’ things better and interestingly it also ended up covering the ‘most’ important things.

Maybe this will help you as well. Best to you and yours in 2009 – I ‘Promise’ :)
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Something positive in Madison, MS

January 14, 2012 By

I would like to thank the Madison Fire Department for helping a friend of mine today. It’s nice to know that folks will still go out of their way to help. So if anyone reads this and knows a Madison the City fireperson, tell them the lady on Tremont said thanks!
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