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"I brought you your dinner, Milady," Kasseh said, eyes downcast.
"Kasseh, why…" Cecelia began.
"Ssst!" hissed Kasseh, her eyes flashing through her bangs. Lord Kenderback followed close behind her.
"Your maid, I told, that you would likely be ready to dine this eve' and some light food for you, I directed her to prepare."
"Thank you, Milord," Cecelia said. She looked curiously at Kasseh but her eyes warned her to keep quiet and not ask questions. #wss366 (from *Lady Cecelia's Choice*)

I was puzzled that my calendar said the equinox is tomorrow. Eventually realized that it's because the equinox is a public holiday in Japan and my calendar is subscribed to Japanese holidays. And when the equinox happens, it will already be tomorrow in Japan. The more you know…

A few minutes later, wagons rolled up with the rest of the lager. Revin trotted downstairs and then opened the hatch into the cellar. Porters rolled barrels of beer and crates of supplies down the steep steps. Revin noticed one wagon with burly men unloading a very long crate. After they left, he cut the bands around the crate, and opened it revealing a dozen spears. Colonel Sparks might be a #jerk, Revin thought, but he was good at his job. #wss366 from *Devishire!*

I did learn a lot about composing pictures: getting the horizon level, choosing portrait versus landscape, using the rule of thirds, having the subject face into the middle, positioning the shot so action is moving into the middle, positioning people correctly in the frame, etc, etc, etc.

What really astonished me was to discover how poorly this prepared me for shooting video, which requires not just framing the shot, but thinking through how to capture an entire scene, from beginning to end.

#ScribesAndMakers Do you feel you have a good eye for composing photos?

I got a 35mm SLR back in the day and did a lot of photography as a young man. I dreamed of being a serious photographer until I saw the difference between what I was doing (taking carefully-composed pictures) and a serious photographer (returning to a location year after year to get time-of-year, time-of-day, weather, and everything else utterly perfect, which is what's required to take the award winning picture.)

As I approach retirement, I keep looking at things and thinking, "I'm sure glad I don't have to do *that* as a career anymore." Like sysadmin shit. I dread updating my linux box for fear it will break something and I will have to play sysadmin to make it work again. It's not enough to make me switch to a Mac, but the fear is real.