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- [The Prodigal Blogger Returns](https://www.vicster.net/the-prodigal-blogger-returns/) - As the Great John Lennon said: Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Yet, against my worst days, I remain undefeated.
- [The Last Time My Wisdom Teeth Hurt](https://www.vicster.net/the-last-time-my-wisdom-teeth-hurt/) - First of all, yes, I do still have my wisdom teeth. And no, I do not plan to have them removed. The last time they hurt was 35 years ago.
- [Happy International Women's Day!](https://www.vicster.net/happy-international-womens-day/) - For real, though. THIS is the energy I'm carrying. Even though this International Women's Day feels especially...frustrating. In this country, women's rights are being eroded day by day and state by state. We have an administration led by a ("alleged") pedophile and rapist. What's even more enraging is how many people in the United States
- [What's for Dinner: Ramen](https://www.vicster.net/whats-for-dinner-ramen/) - Since my early 20s, when I discovered that I could add frozen veggies to my Top Ramen, I have been fundamentally incapable of making a bowl of plain ramen soup.
- [So I'm Doing a(nother) Thing: Introducing Magic Turtle Studios](https://www.vicster.net/so-im-doing-another-thing-introducing-magic-turtle-studios/) - After much futzing and tweaking and general farting around, I finally just Did The Damn Thing and pulled the curtain open on my new shop, Magic Turtle Studios!
- [When the Cat Mama Has Had Enough](https://www.vicster.net/when-cat-mama-has-had-enough/) - I don't know if it's the cold, the early darkness, the cat slapping my face at 4am, or what, but I am ex-hau-sted and it's only 7pm!
- [My Broken, Portland Punk-Loving, Heart](https://www.vicster.net/portland-punk-loving/) - It's been a rough year for my Portland Punk-loving heart. Over the weekend I learned that Fred Cole, the lead singer/guitarist for one of my all-time favorite bands, passed away from complications related to cancer. Fred, Toody, and Andrew were the fucking BEST. They loved their fans as much as we loved them. Fred always
- [Permission Granted](https://www.vicster.net/permission-granted/) - I've been talking a fair bit about editing my life lately. In fits and starts, I've been decluttering and downsizing. But in the process, a theme has emerged.
- [First Day of 2026](https://www.vicster.net/first-day-of-2026/) - After a very busy New Year's Eve (got through almost all of my to-clean list), I enjoyed a bubble bath and was in bed asleep before 2025 turned into 2026.
- [New Year, New...Not So Fast!](https://www.vicster.net/new-year-new-not-so-fast/) - 2025 was...a lot. While it's tradition to celebrate a new year on January 1, I wait until spring to mark the new year (not surprising, since I'm an Aries).
- [It's Cookie Season*](https://www.vicster.net/its-cookie-season/) - Maybe it's the cold weather. Maybe it's the lack of daylight. Whatever it is, I seem to develop a cookie craving every December.
- [Time Together: Rediscovering My Favorite Portland Band, the Dharma Bums](https://www.vicster.net/time-together-rediscovering-my-favorite-portland-band/) - If you MADE a sound and you were authentic, you had a good chance of gathering a following in Portland. They didn't come any more authentic than Dharma Bums.
- [Breakfast Lunch Food Takeout](https://www.vicster.net/breakfast-lunch-food-takeout/) - San Francisco, CA
- [The One Where Mercury Retrograde Dug Its Damn Heels In](https://www.vicster.net/the-one-where-mercury-retrograde-dug-its-damn-heels-in/) - It's happening FOR me, not TO me... --my Mercury Retrograde Mantra Schwoo, y'all. Hope you came through the retrograde reasonably unscathed! Usually, I embrace Mercury Retrograde1 because it's a good reminder to pause, to respond rather than react, so I didn't come into this one with any sense of dread. Mercury. Don't. Care. The first
- [Happy Adoptaversary, Clancy!](https://www.vicster.net/happy-adoptaversary-clancy/) - November 14 is a very special day in our household. It's the day that Clancy came home to us. It was roughly six weeks after Charlie and I had lost our beloved Simon Sebastien. Simon was my soul kitty and Charlie absolutely worshipped his big brother from the moment they met. When we lost Simon
- [WOW! And, Most of All, Thank You!](https://www.vicster.net/wow-and-most-of-all-thank-you/) - I'm still sort of processing all of this. Being a writer was always an ambition of mine. Becoming a bestselling author was something I would hardly allow myself to dream about. Thanks to your support, The Power Within became a #1 Amazon Bestseller and achieved International Bestseller status in the United Kingdom! I am overflowing
- [A Girl's Gotta Eat](https://www.vicster.net/a-girls-gotta-eat/) - Me: I'm hungry but not terribly motivated. I'll just roast a red potato or two and toss some tofu in the pan with some generous seasoning. Also Me: Oh, I really need to use up this onion. Oh, that yellow squash is about to go off. So is that red bell pepper. And I need
- [We're Go for Book Launch! 📚](https://www.vicster.net/were-go-for-book-launch-📚/) - This is it, my loves! Thank you to EVERYONE who has supported my art in any form (writing, photography, painting...). Thank you to Nicole Smith Levay for stewarding this project, and especially for your wisdom and compassion. You have guided me out of some of my worst times helping me find my way back into
- [SHE’S HEEEEEEERE!!!](https://www.vicster.net/shes-heeeeeeere/) - Just got my advance copy of the book! Will probably stay up way too late tonight reading these amazing stories. Launch Day is tomorrow (October 29)! eeeeep! I'll post the link to purchase tomorrow morning. Stay tuned! Here I am walking over to my mailbox in the rain to pick up the package. The weather
- [Leaving Neverland](https://www.vicster.net/leaving-neverland/) - One month ago I crammed my Subaru to the rafters and Dos Gatos Locos and I left “Neverland”. (Aside: I frequently refer to the Bay Area—and San Francisco in particular—as Neverland, because it always has been a place that allowed for play and experimentation, no matter what your age or background. Up until a few
- [Launch Day -4](https://www.vicster.net/launch-day-4/) - Happy Scorpio Season! I'm a Scorpio moon and I've been feeling ALL the big emotions lately. We're getting very close to the launch of The Power Within: Somatic & Spiritual Stories of Resilience. (Watch this space: I'll have a link to buy up on the blog soon.). All of these essays, mine included, are very personal
- [Being the Adult Little Vicster Needed in Her Corner](https://www.vicster.net/being-the-adult-little-vicster-needed-in-her-corner/) - Earlier this evening, I wrote something in my journal that is beautiful and also incredibly heartbreaking. I have never felt more like myself than I do right now! Not even when I was a kid—because it rarely felt safe to fully be myself. I am immensely grateful to be in this place now, especially when
- [In My Author Era](https://www.vicster.net/in-my-author-era/) - I've been a writer nearly all of my life (at least as long as I could hold a crayon/pencil/pen in my hand). But now I can call myself an author. I have written an essay that will appear in the upcoming anthology for The Power Within. I've known and worked with Nicole for about a
- [Still Got It*](https://www.vicster.net/still-got-it/) - I knew today’s walk was going to be presence over pace pretty much right out of the gate when I heard meowing in the trees near my apartment. I paused and called out, “Kitty?” and out came this absolutely stunning grey fluffball. He had a collar with a tag and the telltale wet spot on
- [Personal Best](https://www.vicster.net/personal-best/) - You know what one of the great gifts of getting older is? I get to define my Personal Best. Without all of the chatter of other people's expectations. And my definition of my PB is a lot different than it used to be. I’ve mentioned before that this has been a year of transformation. A
- [Rerouting](https://www.vicster.net/rerouting/) - I took a slightly different route for my morning walk (I also got a late start and it was already hhhhhhhhot outside). I've been wanting to photograph this church building for awhile now and this morning was a good scouting trip, even if the conditions were not ideal for getting the shot I wanted1.
- [What I'm Reading: July 7-13, 2025](https://www.vicster.net/what-im-reading-july-7-13-2025/) - Here are some links to stuff I'm reading this week. First, I'll start off with my recent rant on my Other Blog about the National Women's Soccer League. A must-read from Shea Butter FC: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" As someone with Mexican ancestry, these last nine months have been incredibly
- [Lately... (the Summer Solstice Edition)](https://www.vicster.net/lately-the-summer-solstice-edition/) - Now that we're hurtling into the hellfire that is summer in North Carolina, I'm glad that I decided to extend my morning walks several weeks ago. My body has had time to get accustomed to the time and distance, which has made it possible for me to keep up my routine now that we're getting
- [June 11, 2025](https://www.vicster.net/june-11-2025/) - For two nights in a row I've had a firefly come right up next to me and put on it's lovely light show, as though it was specially assigned to me by the Universe. I honestly don't know how one could have such an encounter and not believe in magic.
- [Portland U Rule](https://www.vicster.net/portland-u-rule/) - Portland, OR
- [That Was Then](https://www.vicster.net/that-was-then/) - Portland, OR
- [Meditation](https://www.vicster.net/meditation/) - Portland, OR
- [untitled](https://www.vicster.net/untitled/) - last saturday, i decided to stray from my usual 4-5 laps around the pond in favor of following the other greenway path. even though i don't go that way as often, i enjoy that part of the greenway because it smells like i'm walking through an old book store. but on this day, as i
- [Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself](https://www.vicster.net/allow-me-to-reintroduce-myself/) - Hello, remember me? The absolute goofball with a shit-ton of notes and ideas in my Notion notebook and index cards that I fully plan to turn into a post either here or there, but due to Many Other Things, I have had neither the time nor the mental energy to write about any of it. Remember her? Well, I’m back. Feel free to clap or roll your eyes (or both if you're that coordinated) at this point.
- [The BEST Season](https://www.vicster.net/the-best-season/) - If you've known me for more than five minutes, you know that Autumn is my favorite time of the year. Cool, crisp air and sunlight that makes everything look beautiful. And the colors. My GOODNESS, the colors. Things have been a little stressful lately and it occurred to me that "shelter in place" is not
- [The Raleigh World: Ten Months](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-ten-months/) - We're getting into Hot Cocoa Season. HOORAY!!! I'm wearing shirts with sleeves that extend below my elbows. WOOT!!! The trees are turning and the colors are stunning! However, it's still and forever Allergy Season for me because apparently, I'm allergic to air. Win some. Lose some. Where DOES the time go? It's mind-blowing to realize
- [An Unforgettable Fire](https://www.vicster.net/unforgettable-fire/) - California is burning again and the devastation is incomprehensible. The entire town of Paradise was leveled in the Camp Fire. Seventy-one known deaths and over 1,000 people are unaccounted for as of 11/16. I can't even wrap my head around that. My heart is broken for the families who have lost loved ones (or haven't
- [A Very Vegan Vicster Thanksgiving](https://www.vicster.net/a-very-vegan-vicster-thanksgiving/) - I grew up on those big turkey Thanksgiving feasts, where grandpa and all of the uncles, aunts, and cousins came over and we stuffed ourselves silly. Well, since going veggie almost five years ago, those big turkey dinners are wasted on me. The closest I would get was picking up 1/4 pound of ground turkey
- [What's For Dinner: Emergency Saag and Lentil Stew](https://www.vicster.net/whats-for-dinner-emergency-saag-and-lentil/) - I had a couple of bags of spinach from (local grocery store) that I had just bought a few days before. I thought I'd use some in a recipe, but mostly I looked forward to enjoying spinach salads for several days. Then I opened one of the bags and already the spinach was turning into
- [What's For Dinner: Sofritas So Good](https://www.vicster.net/whats-for-dinner-sofritas-so-good/) - My name is Victoria, and I'm somewhat obsessed with Chipotle's sofritas. I first tried sofritas a year or so ago, when my (then) office had lunch catered by the neighborhood Chipotle. This was one of the first times I had something made with tofu that wasn't cut into flavorless blocks with the texture of a
- [The One Where Vicster Tries New Things](https://www.vicster.net/the-one-where-vicster-tries-new-things/) - So I've been interested in making videos for a while but never really did anything about it. Earlier this year I attended Amy Landino's "Vlog Like A Boss" presentation for the Triangle Marketing Club and my curiosity was piqued again. But what? Why? How? WHEN??? Well, over the past few weeks I've had the bug
- [What's For Dinner*: Tofu Quiche With Spinach And Sun-Dried Tomatoes](https://www.vicster.net/whats-for-dinner-tofu-quiche-with-spinach-and-sun-dried-tomatoes/) - Let’s clean out Vicster’s fridge again, shall we? A few weeks ago, I realized that I was missing having quiche on my vegan menu, so I went in search of inspiration. I found an easy one on Minimalist Baker and used that as a template for creating my own Vegan Clear The Fridge Quiche. The
- [The Raleigh World: Eleven Months](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-eleven-months/) - Wow. We're closing in on an entire year in Raleigh. It still blows my mind that I actually moved across the United States. With two cats. (Who hate car rides.) I have yet to get over to the beaches but at least I no longer have to constantly remind myself that the ocean is EAST
- [What's For Dinner: A Southern New Year's Tradition](https://www.vicster.net/whats-for-dinner-a-southern-new-years-tradition/) - I haven't looked at the legislation to confirm this, but I'm pretty sure it's compulsory to eat black-eyed peas with collard greens and cornbread on New Year's Day. While I was watching WRAL last week, they had a segment with a recipe for a black-eyed peas, collards, and cornbread casserole that looked interesting. Thank goodness
- [One Year Ago Today](https://www.vicster.net/one-year-ago-today/) - The Journey began. https://www.vicster.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_5966.mp4 My goodness, I look so exhausted. I WAS exhausted! I had only given myself a couple of days between ending my office job and leaving town and ran balls-to-the-wall right to the end. I woke up around 2:45 that morning with a massive headache and we had to be up (well
- [About Last Night](https://www.vicster.net/about-last-night/) - Last night's Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse was a gorgeous sight! Alas, it occurred directly overhead here in my neck of the woods and I just didn't find quite the right spot to capture it. Also, it was really cold outside. By the time the eclipse reached its peak, my feet and legs were DONE
- [The Raleigh World: One Year](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-one-year/) - All righty, then. It's taken me a while to get around to this post. Sometimes other projects and Real Life just demand more attention. (And also I'm finding myself more and more dissatisfied using WordPress as a content system, but that's for another rant.) I look up at the cork board above my desk and
- [Baking Bread And Grieving](https://www.vicster.net/baking-and-grieving/) - As you've seen in my #WhatsForDinner posts, I've been sharing many of my recent cooking escapades. While I typically don't bake a whole lot (other than occasionally tossing in some cornbread muffins), it suddenly became important to me to bake whole wheat bread. I don't eat a lot of bread, though I do enjoy toast
- [Away From Keyboard: WRAL Azalea Gardens](https://www.vicster.net/away-from-keyboard-wral-azalea-gardens/) - The azaleas in the WRAL gardens started blooming a few weeks ago, so I took a field trip to have a look. Photos will come later, once I have a chance to finish my editing.
- [Pets Are Family: Include Them In Your Emergency Plan](https://www.vicster.net/pets-are-family-include-them-in-your-emergency-plan/) - Well hello there! It's been a minute since I've been here. The freelance hustle is non-stop and, well, this became fallow land. Anyway, we're at the height of hurricane season (not to be confused with Hurricanes Season, which will get underway in a few weeks). In fact, we already had Hurricane Dorian hit North Carolina
- [Look at Something New](https://www.vicster.net/look-at-something-new/) - Now that we've all been holed up, hunkered down, and banned from going places for over a month, you're probably tired of looking at the same four walls and are ready for something new to gaze upon. So why not buy a print from my photography site? This photo is one of several currently available
- [May Day 2020](https://www.vicster.net/may-day-2020/) - We have a chance to change business as usual, to make more conscious choices. Let's not go back to a broken and deadly paradigm. Let's move forward toward a society that lifts all of us.
- [So Hey There, It's Been a Minute](https://www.vicster.net/so-hey-there-its-been-a-minute/) - Okay, maybe more than a minute and closer to *checks calendar* a year and a half? Yikes. I guess that's what happens when you're trying to keep going during a pandemic. I'll do a more thorough catch-up post when I can (probably over Thanks-but-no-thanks-giving). The headline now is that I've consciously decoupled my Victoria Klum
- [Now That We're Past Halloween](https://www.vicster.net/now-that-were-past-halloween/) - I have a personal rule about flogging Christmas/Winter Holidays stuff before Halloween, so now that we're a week clear of it, I thought I'd mention holiday cards. Now is a good time to get your cards. If you visit my Fresh Pixels shop on Zazzle and use the code NOVEMBERSHOP you'll get 60% off! So
- [What's For Dinner: Curried White Bean and Pumpkin Soup](https://www.vicster.net/whats-for-dinner-curried-white-bean-and-pumpkin-soup/) - (Fall colors + cool fall weather) + stuff I need to use up = SOUP. I've been craving curry for a couple of weeks and needed to use up some bell peppers, cans of pumpkin, and the white beans I cooked up in the Instant Pot last week. What went in the pot: spices to
- [It's ALWAYS Cat Day Around Here 😸](https://www.vicster.net/its-always-cat-day-around-here-😸/) - Today is National Cat Day. I thought I'd celebrate some of the sweet kitties from Best Friend Pet Adoption. First, let's celebrate some recent adoptions! Uno's goofball brothers, Dos and Tres, are still available for adoption, as are many other sweet cats. And, of course, no Cat Day celebration is complete without honoring my best
- [What's For Dinner: Spicy Butternut Squash and Chickpea Bowl With Peanut Sauce*](https://www.vicster.net/whats-for-dinner-spicy-butternut-squash-and-chickpea-bowl-with-peanut-sauce/) - In today's episode of "Aw, crap! I need to use this up before it goes bad!" I present a butternut squash and a jar of chickpeas from the batch I that cooked up in the Instant Pot. Before we go on, you should know two truths about me: I consider myself kind of a lightweight
- [Lives Depend On It](https://www.vicster.net/lives-depend-on-it/) - I've checked the two big items off of my Civic Duty List this week. ✅ Early voting 🗳 ✅ Flu shot 💉 North Carolina's early voting opened up last week, so I went to the polls on Tuesday. I was pleased that the staff was organized and easy to work with. My location used paper
- [What's For Dinner: Spinach and Mushroom Spaghetti Squash](https://www.vicster.net/whats-for-dinner-spinach-and-mushroom-spaghetti-squash/) - I needed to use up a spaghetti squash, a container of mushrooms, and some spinach, so I decided my Sunday Supper would be Spinach and Mushroom Spaghetti Squash. Before we dive in here, a disclaimer: there is a good reason why I'm not a food blogger (well, probably MANY good reasons, but we'll just concentrate
- [The Raleigh World: Nine Months](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-nine-months/) - I'm not really in the mood for gestational jokes, so let's dive on in, shall we? Soccer Season Ends The North Carolina Courage had an amazing end to an unprecedented season. I still shake my head in amazement and gratitude for what I witnessed this summer. It didn't come easy for them, either. As was
- [Four Years](https://www.vicster.net/four-years/) - I couldn't imagine my life without Simon Sebastien. Rather, I didn't WANT to imagine living without him. Four years ago, my heart stopped beating as he took his final breath in my arms. I am forever changed. In good ways, for the time we had together. In not good ways because I've been trying to
- [On The Road To Wellness. Or Maybe Not](https://www.vicster.net/road_to_wellness_or_maybe_not/) - After talking about how I'm hoping my recent wellness tweaks get me back on track, the Universe, apparently, has chosen ME for today's Test. I did NOT capitulate and take a Cetrizine and the allergies have calmed down considerably. Not much I can do about the lack of sleep, though. Oh, well. Onward and u...zzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz
- [Wellness Tweaks](https://www.vicster.net/wellness-tweaks/) - I haven't been feeling my best lately. I've identified two areas where I can make wellness tweaks that I'm hoping will get me back on track. Vegan At Home Given my family history with eating disorders1, I am very careful to not put judgment labels on food. No food is inherently bad or good. Food
- [The Raleigh World: Month Eight](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-month-eight/) - Sorry it's a little late, fam. Had a bit of a situation over here. An unwelcome visitor, so to speak. I'm just glad it didn't completely trash my place. As I was starting to think of what to write about my eighth month in Raleigh, a swirl of clouds appeared off the coast of Africa.
- [My Online Whereabouts Update](https://www.vicster.net/my-online-whereabouts-update/) - Last week I celebrated the return of my photoblog and just realized it's as good a time as any to point y'all to other places where you can find my content online. I set up a portfolio page on Contently. It keeps my work in a neat, tidy place. Here's the list of places to
- [Return Of The Photo Blog](https://www.vicster.net/return-of-the-photo-blog/) - I really missed my photo blog. Earlier this year I discovered that my host didn't have my blog on a secure server, so I had to go through a big snarl to get my stuff transferred to a secure server. Unfortunately, and what wasn't made clear when I initiated this change, I was no longer
- [The Raleigh World: Month Seven](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-month-seven/) - My, how time flies! It seems like I just wrote the six-month po...oh yeah. I was a bit late on that one, wasn’t I? Well, here’s to not letting another update languish in my Drafts folder for three weeks! So I did some stuff in my seventh month in North Carolina. I'm still working hard
- [The Raleigh World: Six Months, Give Or Take](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-six-months-give-or-take/) - It’s not that I had forgotten about my monthly update. Things are launching in some areas and others seem stuck on the launch pad and I’ve been working and nudging as seems appropriate. It sort of seems impossible that it’s already been six months since Dos Gatos Locos and I spent our first nights here
- [Mr. Seven](https://www.vicster.net/mr-seven/) - Raleigh, NC
- [The Raleigh World: The Beginning](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-the-beginning/) - The most Frequently Asked Question I get since I moved here is, "Why Raleigh?" The answer has many facets internally but is really rather simple. I knew I needed to get out of the Bay Area and I knew that I was entering a point in my life where I needed to really push the
- [I Know It's Not Caturday, But...](https://www.vicster.net/i-know-its-not-caturday-but/) - I'm really trying to avoid turning this into a Cat Blog, but dangit, these boys of mine are so gorgeous! Also, it's Adopt A Shelter Cat Month, so if you were thinking of adding some FLOOF to your life (highly recommended), check out your local shelters and rescue groups!
- [IT'S WORLD CUP DAYYYYYYYYYY!!!](https://www.vicster.net/its-world-cup-dayyyyyyyyyy/) - via GIPHY I'm feeling many kinds of ways about the World Cup right now, but mostly I'm excited. Now I need to hurry up and finish up my brackets!
- [The Raleigh World: Month Five](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-month-five/) - Let’s just jump right into the #WeatherReportByVicster, shall we? So in Month Five I learned that the temperature and the dew point like to be twinsies and no matter what I pull out of my closet I’m basically going to be wearing the air for the foreseeable future. Also bugs. Big, nasty bugs. A couple
- [How To Survive A Cross-Country Drive With Cats](https://www.vicster.net/how-to-survive-a-cross-country-drive-with-cats/) - In 2017 I made a life-changing decision to leave the San Francisco Bay Area and move across the country to Raleigh, North Carolina. There is so much that goes into planning a cross-country move, from finding a place to live to figuring out how to get you and your stuff from coast to coast. Figuring
- [Birthday Boy](https://www.vicster.net/clancys-5th-birthday/) - Raleigh, NC Buy The Photo
- [Being An Ally: Playing For Pride](https://www.vicster.net/being-an-ally-playing-for-pride/) - On March 23, 2016, the North Carolina legislature delivered a rebuke to the city of Charlotte, NC after it passed an ordinance extending protection to transgender people by allowing them to use the public restroom corresponding to the gender they identify with. Known as House Bill 2, or the “Bathroom Bill” the infamous legislation disallowed
- [Spring Wonderland](https://www.vicster.net/spring-wonderland/) - Raleigh, NC Buy The Photo
- [A Good Photo Editor On Your Marketing Team Is EVERYTHING](https://www.vicster.net/a-good-photo-editor-is-everything/) - My old commute included a daily walk between the Ferry Building and my office near the Dragon’s Gate entrance to Chinatown. Walking to work one morning, I noticed some lightpost banners from Northwestern University, advertising their offerings in Digital Media and Engineering at the San Francisco campus. The banners highlight San Francisco icons like they
- [Same Story, Different Decade: The Manchildren Who Think They Are Owed Sex](https://www.vicster.net/same-story-different-decade-the-manchildren-who-think-they-are-owed-sex/) - We can't seem to go a week without another story of a boy or a man(child) who feels entitled to feminine attention and goes on a murderous rampage when he doesn't get it. Nor can we seem to break free from the narrative that it's the girl/woman's fault for rejecting the murderer. When I remember
- [NCFC v Landsdowne Bhoys Football Club](https://www.vicster.net/ncfc-v-landsdowne-bhoys-football-club/) - Last night I went to my first Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match at WakeMed Soccer Park. The tournament has been around for over a century1 and includes teams from more than 30 states, from amateur clubs to Major League Soccer teams. Although MLS has dominated the tournament over the last two decades, there is
- [The Raleigh World: Four Months](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-four-months/) - Well, I sorta almost forgot to write anything about the 4-month mark of living in Raleigh. It's been on my mind for the past couple of weeks, but it's been a busy time getting my freelance business going. #WeatherReportByVicster We're starting to experience summer-like weather: it's been in the 90's for the past few days,
- [Mantra For A Not Bad But Kinda Frustrating Week](https://www.vicster.net/mantra-for-a-not-bad-but-kinda-frustrating-week/) - Sure, Universe, Why not? 🙏🏼🕉
- [NC Courage v Chicago Red Stars: 6 May, 2018](https://www.vicster.net/nc-courage-v-chicago-red-stars-6-may-2018/) - During the 2017 regular season, the Chicago Red Stars were the only team the North Carolina Courage could not solve, though they did beat them in the National Women’s Soccer League semi-final when it counted the most. Going into their first meeting of the 2018 season, the Courage and Red Stars sat in first and
- [WRAL Azalea Gardens](https://www.vicster.net/wral-azalea-gardens/) - Raleigh, NC Buy This Photo
- [#AdoptDontShop 🐾 On May 5th](https://www.vicster.net/empty-the-shelters-day-is-may-5th/) - A house is not a home without a pet hair roller on every table. This weekend you have the opportunity to make your house into a home: the Bissell1 Pet Foundation is holding an Empty The Shelters event nationwide on Saturday, May 5th. If you were thinking of adding a FLOOF to your home, this
- [Tulip](https://www.vicster.net/tulip/) - Raleigh, NC Buy This Photo
- [Deep Thoughts](https://www.vicster.net/deep-thoughts/) - Raleigh, NC Buy The Photo
- [And We're Back](https://www.vicster.net/and-were-back/) - via GIPHY Welp. I ended up spending a lot more time working on the home page refresh than I had intended, but it's done1. It's been a very long time since I tinkered with Cascading Style Sheets. Sure I could have purchased a template and made my life easier, but dammit, I did not want
- [Please Stand By](https://www.vicster.net/please-stand-by/) - via GIPHY I mentioned earlier that I was working on a refresh of my home page to spiffy it up for visitors and that I thought doing the coding myself was a great idea since I've also been itching to refresh and update my web development skills. So it's taken a bit longer than I
- [NC Courage v Utah Royals game recap](https://www.vicster.net/nc-courage-v-utah-royals-game-recap/) - It was a perfect afternoon for soccer in Cary, NC as the 4-0-0 NC Courage took on the Utah Royals, in their first-ever NWSL matchup1. Utah was coming off a 0-1 loss to Chicago a week ago, while the undefeated and league-leading Courage were playing their third game in eight days. Utah challenged the Courage
- [#vicstergrammed](https://www.vicster.net/vicstergrammed/) - A look back at my last #morningcommute in #sanfrancisco. #ferrybuilding #vicstergrammed Source
- [The Raleigh World: Month Three](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-month-three/) - Soooooo… Pollen Season is a thing here. The stuff that turns everything yellow is pine pollen: it flies through the air like snow, though in daylight you don’t really notice it until it accumulates on a surface (usually within a few minutes). Though it looks like I should be scratching my face off, the pine
- [Woodland Oracle (Plate #3)](https://www.vicster.net/woodland-oracle-plate-3/) - Raleigh, NC Buy This Photo
- [Rainy Caturday Afternoon](https://www.vicster.net/rainy-caturday-afternoon/) - The Scene: Clancy relaxes in catloaf position as he looks out the window. I lean on the platform below him with my arms folded underneath me. "Clancy, look! I'm MOMloafing!" "Momloafing isn't a thing." "MOMLOAF!" "You're irritating me."
- [What I'm Listening To: Let's Fix Work](https://www.vicster.net/what-im-listening-to-lets-fix-work/) - My friend Laurie Ruettimann has a brand new podcast called “Let’s Fix Work” and it is fantastic! Laurie and her guests have interesting, thought-provoking discussions about the often confusing relationship between employees and management. And for those of us who believe that blowing up our career is the right move, Laurie and her guests talk
- [The Raleigh World: My First NC Courage Match](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-my-first-nc-courage-match/) - For all that the Bay Area has to offer in sports, it lacks women’s professional basketball1 and soccer teams. Luckily, now that I’m in Raleigh, National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) matches are just a few minutes from home. I attended my first North Carolina Courage match last Saturday against Sky Blue FC (based in New
- [Throne of Swords](https://www.vicster.net/throne-of-swords/) - Raleigh, NC Buy This Photo
- [Waiting (Is It Spring Yet?)](https://www.vicster.net/waiting-is-it-spring-yet/) - Buy This Photo
- [RALEIGH](https://www.vicster.net/raleigh/) - Raleigh, NC Buy This Photo
- [Self-Assignment: Self-Portrait](https://www.vicster.net/self-assignment-self-portrait/) - (Cross-post from Fresh Pixels) Now that I'm settled in Raleigh I decided it was time to unbox my light stands and flash units and start practicing portrait photography. Like all great artists *cough* I decided to hire myself as a model since I was already here and available. The first set of portraits (black shirt)
- [Gaze](https://www.vicster.net/gaze/) - Raleigh, NC Buy This Photo
- [New Year's Day: The Journey Continues](https://www.vicster.net/new-years-day-the-journey-continues/) - Well. Fifty-two was quite a year. Before I started writing this post I took a quick peek at the post that I wrote last year. I knew I was headed for change and growth and I was making definite steps toward...well, what it was I wasn't yet entirely sure. I had found a lot of
- [Self Assignment: Self-Portraits](https://www.vicster.net/self-assignment-self-portraits/) - Now that I'm settled in Raleigh I decided it was time to unbox my light stands and flash units and start practicing portrait photography. Like all great artists *cough* I decided to hire myself as a model since I was already here and available. The first set of portraits (black shirt) was taken using my
- [I Will Vote](https://www.vicster.net/i-will-vote/) - We are entering primary season in a midterm election year. If you are not yet registered to vote, you can check here for the deadlines in your state and then register over here, or check with your state's Board of Elections for alternative ways to register. And once you are registered, be curious about who
- [North Carolina FC v Tampa Bay Rowdies](https://www.vicster.net/north-carolina-fc-v-tampa-bay-rowdies/) - On St. Gertrude's Day I got to attend my first North Carolina Football Club match. I had been looking forward to it since I discovered just before moving from California that I'd be living a few minutes from Wake Med Soccer Park. It also happened to be St. Patrick's Day, which meant many of the
- [On DST And Trading Sleep For Success](https://www.vicster.net/dst-and-trading-sleep-for-success/) - So, how are we all doing with Daylight Saving Time? Are you loving all that EXTRA DAYLIGHT1? *ducks under the flying rotten produce* Yeah, I’m not a fan, either. So a few weeks ago I found this “motivational quote” and accompanying advice in my planner2: "I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence
- [As I Was Saying...](https://www.vicster.net/as-i-was-saying/) - "...there is a possibility of seeing some sleet or snow here today. I kind of figured that winter on the east coast does not leave without flipping over another table and smashing a few more bottles on the way out." Okay, so here in Raleigh winter just sort of tipped over a couple of chairs
- [Metta](https://www.vicster.net/metta/) - San Francisco, CA Buy This Photo
- [The Raleigh World: Two Months](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world-two-months/) - I’ve sort of ghosted from my humble little blog recently. Sometimes I get so busy living life that I neglect to check in. So what have I been up to in Month Two? Visits to the Farmers Market and Library, so I can nourish my body and feed my curiosity. Also, I was considering
- [I Love Oakland](https://www.vicster.net/i-love-oakland/) - Oakland, CA Buy This Photo
- [Hold On To Love](https://www.vicster.net/hold-on-to-love/) - Oakland, CA Buy this photo
- [A Year Ago](https://www.vicster.net/a-year-ago/) - A year ago, I had my DSLR. A year ago, I had my tripod to hold my camera. A year ago, I had my nice external flash units. A year ago, I had fully-charged batteries for the camera and flash units. A year ago, I had my light stands and diffuser umbrella. A year ago,
- [Forest Floor](https://www.vicster.net/forest-floor/) - Durham, NC Buy This Photo
- [Happy I Don't Need A Man To Complete Me Day!](https://www.vicster.net/happy-i-dont-need-a-man-day/) - I kid! Sort of. I spent a lot of years feeling like a failure for not finding a lasting connection to someone where we complement each other. There have been lots of misses, but no real hits to speak of. And I'm (now) okay with that. First I needed to go through the difficult journey
- [The Raleigh World: One Month In](https://www.vicster.net/raleigh-world-one-month/) - Today marks one month since Dos Gatos Locos and I rolled into Raleigh and began making a new home here. As with the day we arrived, today’s weather is warm-ish and rainy (thank goodness it’s light showers and not nearly the gully washer that greeted us). We are settling into life in North Carolina: the
- [Frozen Berries](https://www.vicster.net/frozen-berries/) - Raleigh, NC
- [76](https://www.vicster.net/76/) - In addition to being the one month anniversary of my leaving the Bay Area, Wednesday would also have been my mother’s birthday. Sort of a strange set of baggage I’ve got there. And given the cargo of those Relo Cubes, I figuratively and literally carried much of that baggage across the country, some of it
- [Winter Coat](https://www.vicster.net/winter-coat/) - Raleigh, NC
- [And It's Only Tuesday](https://www.vicster.net/and-its-only-tuesday/) - The assimilation continues apace. ✅ Obtain library card ✅ Replace temporary driver's license with permanent one ✅ Get car registered No resting on my laurels, though: I still have plenty to keep me busy this week!
- [Old Mill](https://www.vicster.net/old-mill/) - Durham, NC
- [The Raleigh World: Apartment Tour](https://www.vicster.net/raleigh-world-apartment-tour/) - All right, folks. This apartment is as put together as it's gonna get for now, so it's time to show y'all where The Boys and I are living. Here's the view from the entryway. Right off of the entryway is the bathroom. There are two doors leading to the bathroom, one from the entry and
- [Turning Life Off And On Again](https://www.vicster.net/turning-life-off/) - I'm caught between wanting to establish a routine and needing to power down and reboot. The routine is important for me and for the cats, so I can establish good habits, and so we all know what to expect from our day. For example, Charlie EXPECTS to be fed around 6:00 a.m. and I EXPECT
- [The Raleigh World](https://www.vicster.net/the-raleigh-world/) - This is the true story, of a strange lady, who picked up her life and moved it across the country, to see what happens when she stops being Cali and starts being Raleigh. I have no idea why my brain kept wanting to work the intro to The Real World into this move, but it
- [Day Three In Raleigh](https://www.vicster.net/day-three-in-raleigh/) - Yesterday afternoon I unrolled the yoga mats and did my first practice in the new apartment. I had to get up around 2:30 a.m. to confiscate the Boys' ping pong ball. The air mattress may have another leak in it. I heard Charlie digging around on it a couple of times yesterday. We'll all be
- [Alameda To Raleigh: Day Six](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-to-raleigh-day-six/) - Y'all. I just drove from California to North Carolina. With two cats. And one very understanding and awesome friend. We got to the apartment a bit after 3:00 this afternoon, but not before driving through the heaviest rain I remember driving in. In the 13-1/2 years I've had Luna, I never once had the windshield
- [Alameda to Raleigh: Day Five](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-raleigh-day-five/) - Yes, I had to look that up because I'm not even sure what day it is anymore. Today was all about the rain and trying to keep the tarp secured. Solid rain all the way from Memphis until we were about 20 minutes west of Nashville, with a billowing tarp that was making me hella
- [Alameda to Raleigh: Day Four](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-raleigh-day-four/) - After last night's drama, today was relatively peaceful. I elected to skip the gabapentin dosing for Charlie and Clancy since trying to pill them created a lot of stress (not to mention some bloodshed on my part). Without the drugs, the Boys handled the 7+ hour drive like seasoned pros (they are telling me they
- [Alameda to Raleigh: Day Three (extra)](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-raleigh-day-three-extra/) - Lost in the panic of a missing cat last night was a rather amusing happening. Monday morning I went out to pack the car, only to discover that one of the jugs of water I brought from Alameda hat tipped in the back seat. All of the towels and our old "couch blanket" were damp,
- [Alameda to Raleigh: Day Three](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-raleigh-day-three/) - The cat-pilling didn't go much better today, though I did get most of both in Charlie and one in Clancy. My fingers paid the price, though. Ouch. I was concerned at the lack of litter box use (for #2) and worried that Clancy would have another volcanic blast. But we needed to get going, so
- [Alameda to Raleigh: Day Two](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-raleigh-day-two/) - Fam. This has not been our best travel day. I pray it's our worst. 6:00 a.m. Time to give the Boys their pills. Neither one will eat a Pill Pocket, even an empty one. So I spent 15 minutes wrestling with each of them, trying to pill them the old-fashioned way (open mouth, shove pill
- [Alameda to Raleigh: Day One](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-raleigh-day-one/) - I'm really doing this. Most of our stuff started toward Raleigh earlier this week, and the Boys and I air-mattressed it for a week. Today it was our turn to hit the road. I had worked right up until Thursday (note to self: don't do that next time: give yourself a week buffer, for goodness
- [Transition Mantra](https://www.vicster.net/transition-mantra/) - As shit gets more real And I find myself slightly unsteady Under the influence of False Evidence Appearing Real I commit myself to choosing Inspiration Over Fear ????????????
- [Farewell To My Imaginary Big Brother](https://www.vicster.net/farewell-imaginary-big-brother/) - When I was little, I was obsessed with The Partridge Family. As an only child, I especially wanted to have lots of brothers and sisters and to be in a band. I would have given just about anything to have had Keith Partridge be my big brother. As I outgrew my Partridge Family obsession, it
- [Strange Limbo](https://www.vicster.net/strange-limbo/) - I am at the point in my planned relocation to North Carolina where I’m marking my remaining time in the San Francisco Bay Area in weeks, even days. Today I sent my property manager notification of my intended departure date (we had talked previously about my plan to move, so it will not be a
- [Shrouded In Smoke](https://www.vicster.net/shrouded-in-smoke/) - San Francisco, CA
- [USMNT Soccer: The Gut Response](https://www.vicster.net/usmnt-soccer-gut-response/) - Welp. Owing to an own-goal and an utterly lifeless performance, the United States Men's National Soccer Team eliminated themselves from the 2018 World Cup. Trinidad and Tobago were already eliminated and had nothing to play for, yet the United States made them look like a team headed for World Cup glory. The last time the USMNT
- [Terrible Beauty ](https://www.vicster.net/terrible-beauty/) - Right now, there are fires raging through Napa and Sonoma counties, causing evacuations and destroying homes. There was also a fire in the North Berkeley hills overnight, but no report of property loss. Those of us near the bay are feeling the effects of the thick smoke in the air. It makes for a pretty
- [First #derelictumbrella Of 2017 Season](https://www.vicster.net/firstderelictumbrella2017/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Well, Sh*T](https://www.vicster.net/well-sht/) - Most of you know by now that Dos Gatos Locos and I are planning a cross-country move soon. I debated how I’d get them from one coast to the other, before deciding that we’ll all go together in the car (Charlie doesn’t handle separation from me very well, so it seems less stressful on him
- [re: #TakeAKnee](https://www.vicster.net/takeaknee/) - So I see World Leader Pretend decided that going off on Colin Kaepernick and Steph Curry was more important than helping Americans in Puerto Rico, who are facing an unimaginable humanitarian crisis. World Leader Pretend has even called for a boycott of the NFL if the players #TakeAKnee or sit during the national anthem. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/912080538755846144
- [I](https://www.vicster.net/i-2/) - San Francisco, CA
- [My Favorite Season](https://www.vicster.net/my-favorite-season/) - In San Francisco, the beginning of Autumn is heralded not by the sight of fallen leaves, but by the sight of fallen candy corn.
- [Take A Deep Breath And...](https://www.vicster.net/take-a-breath/) - Even though I know it’s not safe for me, I would cling to the known, falsely believing it is safer than unknown. Until that day comes, when leaping is the safest thing I can do. ????????????
- [Mantra As Mercury Comes Out Of Retrograde](https://www.vicster.net/mantra-mercury-comes-retrograde/) - Reclaiming My Peace Reclaiming My Peace Reclaiming My Peace* ☮️???????????????? *with a grateful nod to Maxine Waters
- [A Mantra For The New Moon Eclipse](https://www.vicster.net/a-mantra-for-the-new-moon-eclipse/) - In the stillness between light and dark (and light again), I draw back my bow and I set my sight On all that I’m manifesting. And then I take a deep breath. ????????☀️???? ????
- [Actually, White America, #ThisIsUs. And We Must #DoBetter](https://www.vicster.net/white-america-thisisus-and-we-must-dobetter/) - Like many, I’ve been watching what has been happening in Charlottesville, Virginia and it has turned my insides into a cocktail shaker of revulsion, rage, and profound despair. What is missing from this mix, however, is shock. What is going on in Charlottesville this weekend should not be a shock to anyone, yet my Twitter
- [Stuff I Saw Recently: Sunrise Edition](https://www.vicster.net/stuff-saw-recently-sunrise-edition/) - "...as the seasons roll on by." Now that we're half way through summer, the days are getting shorter and I'm starting to see the sunrise again each morning, as I wait for the ferry. Last Wednesday there was a crazy reflection of the rising sun off of some of the buildings in San Francisco. The
- [Photo Project: #derelictumbrella](https://www.vicster.net/photo-project-derelictumbrella/) - San Francisco's winter storms are usually pretty windy, which is bad news for umbrellas. I can't recall the exact winter that I became perplexed by the phenomenon of umbrellas that were simply dropped in the very spot where they broke under the strain. At some point, though, I had encountered enough of them that I
- [New Moon Mantra](https://www.vicster.net/new-moon-mantra/) - Breathing in, I accept the events of my life. Breathing out, I let go of regret. Breathing in, I accept the choices I have made. Breathing out, I let go of my need to judge. Breathing in, I accept my life as it unfolds before me. Breathing out, I let go of my need for
- [STRUNK AND WHITE ARE (not really) FULL OF BULL BISCUITS](https://www.vicster.net/strunk-and-white/) - So I recently came across another criticism of The Elements of Style, this time by writer A. L. Kennedy. The primary problem that I take away from Kennedy's criticism of The Elements of Style is that she is confusing principles for rules. While the first chapter of the book is titled "Elementary Rules of Usage"
- [Current Mantra](https://www.vicster.net/current-mantra/) - Only by taking a step, And then another, And then another toward The edge of My World I discover that My world isn't flat after all ????????????
- [Life in Mayberry By The Bay: Holidays Edition](https://www.vicster.net/life-in-mayberry-by-the-bay-holidays-edition/) - One of the charms of living in Alameda is that folks here like to decorate for the holidays. Not just Christmas, though most every street will have at least one befestivated house (and there is Christmas Tree Lane). Alamedans also like to go all out for Halloween, and some households will just do a mash-up
- [Mister Four and Mister Six](https://www.vicster.net/mr-four-and-mr-six/) - Clancy turned four (I think) around the beginning of June (maybe). And Charlie turns six (I think) today (possibly). Why don't I know? Because both of these boys were abandoned by their previous families. Charlie was left behind when his family moved out of their home, and Clancy was found hanging out in back of
- [On Her 80th Birthday, A Tribute To The Golden Gate Bridge](https://www.vicster.net/on-her-80th-birthday-a-tribute-to-the-golden-gate-bridge/) - For most of us, it is nearly impossible to envision the Golden Gate--that area of the San Francisco Bay where it joins up with the Pacific Ocean--without the majestic presence of the Golden Gate Bridge (the bridge took her name from the location, not the other way around). Still, it just seems like she was
- [More Found Words](https://www.vicster.net/more-found-words/) - I write these words mostly in my head because they’d be too loaded to have brazenly displayed on my computer or on my calendar. And anyway our feelings are communicated, even though they’re unspoken. So I’ll just keep writing what I feel in my head to keep me safe and sane. (written some time in
- [Short On Words, Long On Things To Say](https://www.vicster.net/short-on-words-long-on-things-to-say/) - I am at a complete loss tonight. Of all the things I could have heard this morning, I was not prepared to hear that Chris Cornell died. I’ve been in a tailspin since 5:15 this morning, with virtually no time or space to process this news and grieve. If you follow any of my socnets,
- [Found Words](https://www.vicster.net/found-words/) - I was going through a box yesterday evening when I came across a stack of old journals, many had been started, then stopped. One in particular has a few entries beginning right after my mother’s death, as I began processing that and everything that came at me in the months that followed. I wasn’t consistent
- [For the Love Of Soccer: Part 1](https://www.vicster.net/for-the-love-of-soccer-part-1/) - For several weeks I’ve been writing and editing (and writing and editing and writing and…) a post about my love for soccer. And I’m realizing that the problem I have with the post is that it needs to be a series, because even with a gap in the 1990s, 30-ish years of loving a sport
- [Half A Life](https://www.vicster.net/half-a-life/) - My temperament has been a little on the fragile side the last couple of weeks. And yesterday, as I looked at a calendar, I realized why. I have officially lived half of my life without my mother. From this day forward, I will have lived more of my life without my mom than with her.
- [New Year’s Day](https://www.vicster.net/new-years-day/) - And so I begin another trip around the sun. I’m a different Me this year. Or, rather, I’m more ME now than I have been in a very long time. Over the past year I’ve made an assessment of my life and have been sorting what I’m bringing with me—and what I’m leaving behind—in the
- [How I Know That My Birthday Is Near Without Looking At A Calendar](https://www.vicster.net/how-i-know-that-my-birthday-is-near-without-a-calendar/) - I'm sick again! I thought my suddenly stuffy sinuses meant that my allergies might be taking off, given the pleasant weather we've had this week, following two or three solid months of rain (POLLENPALOOZZA). Alas, as the afternoon wore on yesterday, I was ticking all the boxes for Cold (allergy attack generally means stuffy and
- [A Day Without A Woman](https://www.vicster.net/a-day-without-a-woman/) - Today is International Women's Day, a day on which the organizers of the Women's March called for a strike. I elected to withhold our labor today. Instead, I attended rallies at San Francisco City Hall and at Justin Herman Plaza. It was beautiful to be in such great energy. We live in a time where
- [A Day Without A Woman Rally, 8 March, 2017](https://www.vicster.net/a-day-without-a-woman-rally-8-march-2017/) - San Francisco, CA
- [On Re-Thinking](https://www.vicster.net/on-re-thinking/) - I’ve been working on a writing assignment that, on the surface, sounded fairly straight-forward. But by the time my terrified perfectionist and inner critic got done tag-teaming me, I started re-thinking this whole Writing As A Thing That I Do business. All the while, in a very significant part of my life right now I’m
- [Mantra For A New Month](https://www.vicster.net/mantra-for-a-new-month/) - I accept that I am a work in progress as long as I keep working and progressing. ????????????
- [The Year That Was 2016: Part Two (a.k.a. You Look Familiar; Have We Met Before?)](https://www.vicster.net/the-year-that-was-2016-part-two-a-k-a-you-look-familiar-have-we-met-before/) - So, a while back, I published The Year That Was 2016: Part One. That would indicate that there would, at least, be a Part Two, right? So, a few weeks later, here we go. I’ve determined that 2016’s raison d’être was to help us figure out what we are made of. Because 2017 and beyond
- [Every. Single. Time.](https://www.vicster.net/every-single-time/) - I am very happy that I will be showing a selection of my photographs at Portal 18 this weekend. I never remember how labor-intensive preparing photographs to show is, though. The process usually goes like this: 1. Print/have prints made; 2. Wipe down work area before matting/framing; 3. Mat each photo; 4. Write title of
- [Current Status](https://www.vicster.net/current-status/)
- [The Year That Was 2016: Part One (a.k.a. Now What?)](https://www.vicster.net/the-year-that-was-2016-part-one-a-k-a-now-what/) - I'm late to the Year In Review game, I know. I've been busy. And I am not the first to point out that 2016 was an epic Shit Show on so many levels. Looking back, the writing was on the wall last January, when David Bowie and Alan Rickman died. It was a year that
- [Mantra for a New Year](https://www.vicster.net/mantra-for-a-new-year/) - Faith is strengthened when I feed my fear to it so that Faith may transform fear into nourishment and energy for my journey. ???? ????????
- [The One About The Post I Found Lurking In My Drafts Folder](https://www.vicster.net/the-one-about-the-post-i-found-lurking-in-my-drafts-folder/) - (Editor's Note: As you'll notice, I started this post the day after the Presidential Election. I left it languishing in my Drafts folder, mostly because I felt I was still working through my emotions about the outcome. Reading it over today, my feelings are not much different from this initial reaction. So I'm giving it a
- [Timbers Season In Haiku (part 2 of 2 because I can't even right now)](https://www.vicster.net/timbers-season-in-haiku-part-2-of-2-because-i-cant-even-right-now/) - too many posts clanked many chances unfinished lots of golf this fall many injuries and goalposts making big saves ow ow ow ow ow Urruti was missed And so was Villafana Damn salary cap
- [Mantra for 22 October, 2016](https://www.vicster.net/mantra-for-22-october-2016/) - It is done. It cannot be undone. It can be learned from. It cannot harm me, ever again. I am free. I am free. I am free. ????
- [Mantra for October 18, 2016](https://www.vicster.net/mantra-for-october-18-2016/) - I choose discomfort over discontentment ???? (Inspired by this article)
- [Mantra for October 12, 2016](https://www.vicster.net/mantra-for-october-12-2016/) - (inhale) I'm here now. (exhale) All is well. ????
- [Mantra for October 9, 2016](https://www.vicster.net/mantra-for-october-9-2016/) - Connecting with people who nourish my spirit Today is a good day. ????
- [A Short Pep-Talk When You've (I've) Had One of THOSE Weeks](https://www.vicster.net/a-short-pep-talk-when-youve-ive-had-one-of-those-weeks/) - There will be days--and weeks--that knock you to the ground and beat the shit out of you. That's part of the deal of living life. And when you get to the end of one of those days, or weeks, you should celebrate the fact that you are batting 100%. Because you have survived EVERY GOTDAMB
- [Mantra for October 7, 2016](https://www.vicster.net/mantra-for-october-7-2016/) - (inhale) In my breath, I am safe. (exhale) In this moment, I am safe. ????
- [Timbers Season In Haiku (part 1 of ?)](https://www.vicster.net/timbers-season-in-haiku-part-1-of/) - So I'm watching my favorite team lose on the road--again--and was in writing mode: no wins on the road too bad there are no points for moral victories ============================ Timbers are last girl in the icestrvaganza will they catch pinwheel? ============================ I've held the post-mortem haiku because there may yet be some kind of common-core mathematics that
- [A Lesson On Showing Up(side-down) In My Life](https://www.vicster.net/a-lesson-on-showing-upside-down-in-my-life/) - So, in my Tuesday night Gentle Yoga class (oh, hey, I'm taking yoga classes, that's a new thing in 2016!), just after the Orlando nightclub shootings, our instructor asked us what we needed from class that night. We were all feeling frazzled and fragile and were pretty unanimous in our need for peace and grounding.
- [Sheeeee's BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!](https://www.vicster.net/shesback/) - I turned off my old "word blog" ages ago. Right about the time I realized that people related to my day job were Googling me and I...panicked. Although I kept the photoblog going (mostly), I stopped writing, except for my own paper journals. I locked down most of my social network profiles as tightly as
- [Truckin'](https://www.vicster.net/truckin/) - Alameda, CA
- [A Mostly Monochrome Morning](https://www.vicster.net/a-mostly-monochrome-morning/) - Alameda, CA
- [Golden Gate Seen From Angel Island](https://www.vicster.net/golden-gate-seen-from-angel-island/) - Angel Island, San Francisco, CA
- [Worked Her Fingers To The Bone](https://www.vicster.net/worked-her-fingers-to-the-bone/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Stairwell Abstract 4](https://www.vicster.net/stairwell-abstract-4/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Grip!](https://www.vicster.net/grip/) - Alameda, CA
- [CA POP](https://www.vicster.net/ca-pop/) - Alameda, CA
- [Daydreaming](https://www.vicster.net/daydreaming/) - Alameda, CA
- [Stairwell Abstract 3](https://www.vicster.net/stairwell-abstract-3/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Floral Sunshine](https://www.vicster.net/floral-sunshine/) - Alameda, CA
- [Sunrise on the Estuary](https://www.vicster.net/sunrise-on-the-estuary/) - Oakland/Alameda, California
- [Farmers Market Flowers #2](https://www.vicster.net/farmers-market-flowers-2/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Closer Than I Appear](https://www.vicster.net/closer-than-i-appear/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Morning Mist](https://www.vicster.net/morning-mist/) - Alameda, CA
- [<><><>](https://www.vicster.net/1069/) - somewhere between Alameda, Oakland, and San Francisco, CA
- [Farmers Market Flowers #3](https://www.vicster.net/farmers-market-flowers-3/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Cross](https://www.vicster.net/cross/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Hipster Ennui Cat](https://www.vicster.net/hipster-ennui-cat/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Stairwell Abstract 2](https://www.vicster.net/stairwell-abstract-2/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Flat Bandit](https://www.vicster.net/flat-bandit/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Clancy On His First Adoptaversary](https://www.vicster.net/clancy-on-his-first-adoptaversary/) - Alameda, CA I try to not indulge my Crazy Cat Lady side on this blog (after all, I have Instagram for that, right?), but I wanted to celebrate our Year Of #ClancyKitteh. His brother Charlie and I are grateful to have him in our family.
- [VOTE](https://www.vicster.net/vote/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Red Chili](https://www.vicster.net/red-chili/) - Alameda, CA
- [Stairwell Abstract 1](https://www.vicster.net/stairwell-abstract-1/) - San Francisco, CA
- [End of Summer](https://www.vicster.net/end-of-summer/) - Alameda, CA
- [View Alcatraz #2](https://www.vicster.net/view-alcatraz-2/) - San Francisco, CA
- [1915](https://www.vicster.net/1915/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Return](https://www.vicster.net/return/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Spirit's Mist](https://www.vicster.net/spirits-mist/) - Alameda, CA
- [A Strange Brew](https://www.vicster.net/a-strange-brew/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Birdhouse](https://www.vicster.net/birdhouse/) - Alameda, CA
- [Mighty-Mite](https://www.vicster.net/mighty-mite/) - Alameda, CA
- [Wallflower](https://www.vicster.net/wallflower/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Colorflower](https://www.vicster.net/colorflower/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Great Expectations](https://www.vicster.net/great-expectations/) - Alameda, CA
- [Shattered](https://www.vicster.net/shattered/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Chimes](https://www.vicster.net/chimes/) - Alameda, CA
- [I](https://www.vicster.net/i/) - Alameda, CA
- [Chalk Is Cheap](https://www.vicster.net/chalk-is-cheap/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Rubber Duckie Fell On Hard Days](https://www.vicster.net/rubber-duckie-fell-on-hard-days/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Chimes](https://www.vicster.net/chimes-2/) - Alameda, CA
- [Lotta's Fountain](https://www.vicster.net/lottas-fountain/) - San Francisco, CA After the Great San Francisco Earthquake, survivors came to Lotta's Fountain to learn about their loved ones and exchange information about other survivors of the earthquake and fire that leveled San Francisco on April 18, 1906.
- [Buy Organic](https://www.vicster.net/buy-organic/) - Alameda, CA
- [le Dejuener](https://www.vicster.net/le-dejuener/) - San Francisco, CA
- [We Have Something In Common ?](https://www.vicster.net/we-have-something-in-common/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Wisdom of Robin Williams](https://www.vicster.net/wisdom-of-robin-williams/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Intermission](https://www.vicster.net/intermission/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Union Square Geyser](https://www.vicster.net/union-square-geyser/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Sleepy Clancy](https://www.vicster.net/sleepy-clancy/) - Alameda, CA
- [FILM RULES](https://www.vicster.net/film-rules/) - Alameda, CA (and, no, the irony did not escape me...)
- [Jerome Kersey 1962-2015](https://www.vicster.net/jerome-kersey-1962-2015/) - Portland, Oregon (c 1991)
- [Found Wisdom](https://www.vicster.net/found-wisdom/) - Oakland, CA
- [Charlie](https://www.vicster.net/charlie/) - Alameda, CA
- [Whisper Softly](https://www.vicster.net/whisper-softly/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Luna and Four Sisters](https://www.vicster.net/luna-and-four-sisters/) - Alameda, CA
- [Broke Down In The Tow-Away Zone](https://www.vicster.net/broke-down-in-the-tow-away-zone/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Torch](https://www.vicster.net/torch/) - Oakland, CA
- [Share and Share A-Bike](https://www.vicster.net/share-and-share-a-bike/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Union Square Skater](https://www.vicster.net/union-square-skater/) - San Francisco, CA
- [The Known Unknown](https://www.vicster.net/the-known-unknown/) - Alameda, CA
- [Payne's Grey Mist](https://www.vicster.net/paynes-grey-mist/) - Alameda, CA
- [Holiday Spirit](https://www.vicster.net/holiday-spirit/) - Oakland, CA
- [It's Been A While](https://www.vicster.net/its-been-a-while/) - I entered 2014 with the greatest of intentions. Shoot often and blog the acceptable images. Start taking yoga classes and start running. Always make fresh meals. And then... Life happened. Day-to-day living was sapping all of my energy. I was averaging 3 hours of sleep a night, but in 20-40 minute bursts, followed by long
- [The Colors of Chinatown 1](https://www.vicster.net/the-colors-of-chinatown-1/) - San Francisco, CA
- [The Colors of North Beach 2](https://www.vicster.net/915/) - San Francisco, CA
- [West Oakland](https://www.vicster.net/west-oakland/) - Oakland, CA
- [I Like Your Smile!](https://www.vicster.net/i-like-your-smile/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Hot Pink Holidays](https://www.vicster.net/hot-pink-holidays/) - Alameda, CA
- [Starry Night](https://www.vicster.net/starry-night/) - Alameda, CA
- [The Colors of North Beach 1](https://www.vicster.net/the-colors-of-north-beach-1/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Gifts](https://www.vicster.net/gifts/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Winton Hotel](https://www.vicster.net/winton-hotel/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Crosswalk](https://www.vicster.net/crosswalk/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Bailey](https://www.vicster.net/bailey/) - Oakland, CA
- [In Every Waking Hour](https://www.vicster.net/in-every-waking-hour/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Eat Your Colors!](https://www.vicster.net/eat-your-colors/) - San Francisco, CA
- [BAM!](https://www.vicster.net/bam/) - San Francisco, CA
- [North Beach](https://www.vicster.net/north-beach/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Broken](https://www.vicster.net/broken/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Elsie's Garland](https://www.vicster.net/elsies-garland/) - Oakland, CA
- [Dear Clara](https://www.vicster.net/dear-clara/) - Oakland, CA
- [Abstract Gate](https://www.vicster.net/abstract-gate/) - San Francisco, CA
- [View (from) Alcatraz](https://www.vicster.net/view-from-alcatraz/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Unblinking](https://www.vicster.net/unblinking/) - Oakland, CA
- [Casual Conversations](https://www.vicster.net/casual-conversations/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Inside Solitary](https://www.vicster.net/inside-solitary/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Mother](https://www.vicster.net/mother/) - Oakland, CA
- [Tower](https://www.vicster.net/tower/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Your Tin Roof...](https://www.vicster.net/your-tin-roof/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Iota Eta Sigma](https://www.vicster.net/iota-eta-sigma/) - Oakland, CA
- [Calavera Cart](https://www.vicster.net/calavera-cart/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Artifacts](https://www.vicster.net/artifacts/) - Oakland, CA
- [Open](https://www.vicster.net/open/) - Oakland, CA
- [View Alcatraz](https://www.vicster.net/view-alcatraz/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Inner Thoughts](https://www.vicster.net/inner-thoughts/) - Oakland, CA
- [70% OFF](https://www.vicster.net/70-off/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Bond](https://www.vicster.net/bond/) - Oakland, CA
- [Take My Hand](https://www.vicster.net/take-my-hand/) - Oakland, CA
- [Powell and Market](https://www.vicster.net/powell-and-market/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Capt. John Jansen](https://www.vicster.net/capt-john-jansen/) - Oakland, CA
- [Union Square](https://www.vicster.net/union-square/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Taking A Meeting](https://www.vicster.net/taking-a-meeting/) - San Francisco, CA
- [In The Moment](https://www.vicster.net/in-the-moment/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Explorers (1)](https://www.vicster.net/explorers-1/) - San Francisco, CA
- [There Is A Light](https://www.vicster.net/there-is-a-light/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Velo](https://www.vicster.net/velo/) - San Francisco, CA
- [SF From The Ferry Peralta](https://www.vicster.net/sf-from-the-ferry-peralta/) - San Francisco (Bay), CA
- [Before There Were Bike Racks](https://www.vicster.net/before-there-were-bike-racks/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Porch Song](https://www.vicster.net/porch-song/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Blossoms](https://www.vicster.net/blossoms/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Li'l Cowgirl](https://www.vicster.net/lil-cowgirl/) - Alameda, CA
- [7:37 a.m.](https://www.vicster.net/737-a-m/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Jack Kerouac Alley](https://www.vicster.net/jack-kerouac-alley/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Parking for Cats Only](https://www.vicster.net/parking-for-cats-only/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Princess Slippers](https://www.vicster.net/princess-slippers/) - Alameda, CA
- [Baubles](https://www.vicster.net/baubles/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Spire](https://www.vicster.net/764/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Confetti Shower](https://www.vicster.net/confetti-shower/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Vintage Bakery](https://www.vicster.net/758/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Card Game](https://www.vicster.net/card-game/) - San Francisco, CA
- [A Break From The Bustle](https://www.vicster.net/a-break-from-the-bustle/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Chinatown 1889](https://www.vicster.net/chinatown-1889/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Lanterns](https://www.vicster.net/lanterns-2/) - San Francisco, CA
- [California Street at Noon](https://www.vicster.net/california-street-at-noon/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Chinatown](https://www.vicster.net/chinatown-3/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Disinterest](https://www.vicster.net/disinterest/) - San Francisco, CA
- [But I'm Not Crying](https://www.vicster.net/but-im-not-crying/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Quincy](https://www.vicster.net/quincy/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Belden Alley Morning](https://www.vicster.net/belden-alley-morning/) - San Francisco, CA
- [The Band Takes A Break](https://www.vicster.net/the-band-takes-a-break/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Pinkie](https://www.vicster.net/pinkie/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Jesus Christ Loves You](https://www.vicster.net/jesus-christ-loves-you/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Alley Decks](https://www.vicster.net/alley-decks/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Sutro Baths at Night](https://www.vicster.net/sutro-baths-at-night/)
- [Dapper Giants Fans](https://www.vicster.net/dapper-giants-fans/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Remember That Time When...](https://www.vicster.net/remember-that-time-when/) - Portland, OR
- [Sunrise: 14 December, 2012](https://www.vicster.net/sunrise-14-december-2012/) - Alameda/Oakland, CA It's been a while since I've posted. I apologize for neglecting this space, but 3-D Life took over for a while. I hope to be back to shooting and posting regularly. Thanks for sticking by me. :-)
- [Saluting The Moon](https://www.vicster.net/saluting-the-moon/) - Alameda,CA
- [Chinatown](https://www.vicster.net/chinatown-2/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Capitol](https://www.vicster.net/capitol/) - Sacramento, CA
- [Musician](https://www.vicster.net/musician/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Ole's](https://www.vicster.net/oles/) - Alameda, CA
- [Persuasion](https://www.vicster.net/persuasion/) - Woodburn, OR
- [The Way](https://www.vicster.net/the-way/) - Portland, OR
- [By The Light](https://www.vicster.net/by-the-light/) - Portland, OR
- [Rites of Spring](https://www.vicster.net/rites-of-spring/) - Woodburn, OR
- [Staring At The Sun](https://www.vicster.net/staring-at-the-sun-2/) - Alameda, CA
- [Alameda On Camera Exhibit](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-on-camera-exhibit/) - Alameda, CA
- [Crossing Timelines](https://www.vicster.net/crossing-timelines/) - Alameda, CA This photo will be on display as part of the Alameda On Camera exhibit. The show runs April 6 through May 26 at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts in Alameda, California.
- [Wisdom](https://www.vicster.net/wisdom/) - Oakland, CA
- [Love.](https://www.vicster.net/love/) - Alameda, CA
- [Tell Me Another Story](https://www.vicster.net/tell-me-another-story/) - Oakland, CA
- [She Moves In Mysterious Ways](https://www.vicster.net/she-moves-in-mysterious-ways/) - Alameda, CA
- [Quiet](https://www.vicster.net/quiet/) - Alameda, CA
- [They Say She's Really Sweet](https://www.vicster.net/they-say-shes-really-sweet/) - Oakland, CA
- [Crab Cove](https://www.vicster.net/crab-cove/) - Alameda, CA
- [Bicycling in the Fog](https://www.vicster.net/bicycling-in-the-fog/) - Alameda, CA
- [A Chorus Line](https://www.vicster.net/a-chorus-line/) - Oakland, CA
- [Only Just](https://www.vicster.net/only-just/) - Sutro Baths, San Francisco, CA
- [Bay Bridge Suspension Light Parade](https://www.vicster.net/bay-bridge-suspension-light-parade/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Daisy. Port of Oakland](https://www.vicster.net/daisy-port-of-oakland/) - Alameda/Oakland, CA
- [Purp](https://www.vicster.net/purp/) - Alameda, CA
- [Takeoff](https://www.vicster.net/takeoff/) - Oakland/Alameda, CA
- [Brotherly Love](https://www.vicster.net/brotherly-love/) - Oakland, CA
- [Frozen In Sorrow](https://www.vicster.net/frozen-in-sorrow/) - Oakland, CA
- [Lonestar Concrete Co.](https://www.vicster.net/lonestar-concrete-co/) - Alameda, CA
- [X O](https://www.vicster.net/x-o/) - Alameda, CA
- [Building 78](https://www.vicster.net/building-78/) - Alameda, CA
- [Chapel of the Chimes Plate 4](https://www.vicster.net/chapel-of-the-chimes-plate-4/) - Oakland, CA
- [Alameda Portal](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-portal/) - Alameda, CA
- [...Headed For The 'Frisco Bay](https://www.vicster.net/headed-for-the-frisco-bay/) - San Francisco (looking from Alameda, CA)
- [Part Of Me Wants To Believe This](https://www.vicster.net/part-of-me-wants-to-believe-this/) - Oakland, CA
- [Suburban Ruins #3](https://www.vicster.net/suburban-ruins-3/) - Alameda, CA
- [Inspection](https://www.vicster.net/inspection/) - Oakland, CA
- [BLDG 6   0](https://www.vicster.net/bldg-6-0/) - Alameda, CA
- [Lost In Thought](https://www.vicster.net/lost-in-thought/) - Oakland, CA
- [Justice / Fidelity](https://www.vicster.net/justice-fidelity/) - Mt. View Cemetery Oakland, CA
- [Chapel of the Chimes Plate 1](https://www.vicster.net/chapel-of-the-chimes-plate-1/) - Oakland, CA
- [Dennis J. Harrison Jr.](https://www.vicster.net/dennis-j-harrison-jr/) - Oakland, CA
- [Homeport Club](https://www.vicster.net/homeport-club/) - Alameda, CA
- [King Of The Boogie](https://www.vicster.net/king-of-the-boogie/) - Oakland, CA
- [Restocking the Oranges](https://www.vicster.net/restocking-the-oranges/) - Oakland, CA
- [Rusty O's](https://www.vicster.net/rusty-os/) - Alameda, CA
- [Therapy](https://www.vicster.net/therapy/) - Alameda, CA
- [Remembering](https://www.vicster.net/remembering/) - Oakland, CA
- [Army Ambulance](https://www.vicster.net/army-ambulance/) - Alameda, CA
- [Raptured?](https://www.vicster.net/raptured/) - Alameda, CA
- [One O One -- A](https://www.vicster.net/one-o-one-a/) - Alameda, CA
- [Claw](https://www.vicster.net/claw/)
- [Bag O' Swag](https://www.vicster.net/bag-o-swag/) - San Francisco, CA
- [I Like A Cloudy Morning On The Estuary](https://www.vicster.net/i-like-a-cloudy-morning-on-the-estuary/) - Alameda/Oakland, CA
- [If I Owned This Hut, I'd Be Home Now](https://www.vicster.net/if-i-owned-this-hut-id-be-home-now/) - Alameda, CA
- [Birthday Boy](https://www.vicster.net/birthday-boy/) - Alameda, CA
- [There's A Party Goin' On Right Here](https://www.vicster.net/theres-a-party-goin-on-right-here/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Tuesday Farmers' Market](https://www.vicster.net/tuesday-farmers-market/) - San Francisco, CA
- [That-A-Way](https://www.vicster.net/that-a-way/) - San Francisco, CA
- [After The Parade Passes By](https://www.vicster.net/after-the-parade-passes-by/) - Market Street San Francisco, CA
- [National Recycling Corporation](https://www.vicster.net/national-recycling-corporation/) - Oakland, CA
- [Long Ago and Far Away](https://www.vicster.net/long-ago-and-far-away/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Not A Shore Bird](https://www.vicster.net/not-a-shore-bird/) - Oakland, CA
- [Books 'n' Bike](https://www.vicster.net/books-n-bike/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Poppy](https://www.vicster.net/poppy/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Buddha's Bumbershoot](https://www.vicster.net/buddhas-bumbershoot/) - Alameda, CA
- [Contemplative #2](https://www.vicster.net/contemplative-2/) - (Kodachrome slide digitally converted to an infrared effect) Oakland, CA
- [But I Just Handed My Pinball Crown To Him](https://www.vicster.net/but-i-just-handed-my-pinball-crown-to-him/) - Alameda, CA
- [Hollow Log](https://www.vicster.net/hollow-log/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Furry Giants Fan](https://www.vicster.net/furry-giants-fan/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Alameda Navy Base At Sunset 2/4/2011](https://www.vicster.net/alameda-navy-base-at-sunset-242011/) - Alameda, CA
- [Cheeky Cherub in Kodachrome](https://www.vicster.net/cheeky-cherub-in-kodachrome/) - Oakland, CA
- [Curly Fern](https://www.vicster.net/curly-fern/) - San Francisco, CA
- [1966 Datsun 411](https://www.vicster.net/1966-datsun-411/) - Alameda, CA
- [Coming For To Carry Me Home](https://www.vicster.net/coming-for-to-carry-me-home/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Autumnal Carpet](https://www.vicster.net/autumnal-carpet/) - Berkeley, CA
- [Watching Over Ralph & Nellie](https://www.vicster.net/watching-over-ralph-nellie/) - Oakland, CA
- [Cozy Window Bed](https://www.vicster.net/cozy-window-bed/) - Alameda, CA
- [Play-Doh Crime Scene](https://www.vicster.net/play-doh-crime-scene/) - Alameda, CA
- [Walker Concrete, Inc.](https://www.vicster.net/walker-concrete-inc/) - Oakland, CA
- [Herd of Deer Crossing The Bay Bridge](https://www.vicster.net/herd-of-deer-crossing-the-bay-bridge/) - (ten second exposure from the ferry) San Francisco, CA
- [Son Observe The Time](https://www.vicster.net/son-observe-the-time/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Skaters](https://www.vicster.net/skaters/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Starlight Parade](https://www.vicster.net/starlight-parade/) - Alameda, CA
- [Green Lantern](https://www.vicster.net/green-lantern/) - Alameda, CA
- [Infinity Towers](https://www.vicster.net/infinity-towers/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Lanterns](https://www.vicster.net/lanterns/) - Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
- [Ocean Beach in Cyan](https://www.vicster.net/ocean-beach-in-cyan/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Gliding](https://www.vicster.net/gliding/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Under the Golden Gate](https://www.vicster.net/under-the-golden-gate/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Tower Stairs](https://www.vicster.net/tower-stairs/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Confetti Carpet](https://www.vicster.net/confetti-carpet/) - San Francisco, CA
- [SF Giants Victory Parade Route](https://www.vicster.net/sf-giants-victory-parade-route/) - Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA
- [Rally Hair](https://www.vicster.net/rally-hair/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Everyone Needs A Helping Hand!](https://www.vicster.net/everyone-needs-a-helping-hand/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Balclutha Figurehead](https://www.vicster.net/balclutha-figurehead/) - San Francisco, CA
- [She Long Ago Lost Her Religion And Barely Held On To Her Faith](https://www.vicster.net/she-long-ago-lost-her-religion-and-barely-held-on-to-her-faith/) - Alameda, CA
- [Sunrise Voyage](https://www.vicster.net/sunrise-voyage/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Fall Colors #2](https://www.vicster.net/fall-colors-2/) - Alameda, CA
- [Cue Paul Simon](https://www.vicster.net/cue-paul-simon/) - (on the ferry from San Francisco to Alameda, CA) It isn't often that I post a photo taken with my iPhone here: In fact, this may be the first one. I've taken much nicer photos on the iPhone, but this one marks the occasion of loading my final roll of Kodachrome in Arthur Cox (my
- [Span](https://www.vicster.net/span/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Guard Tower](https://www.vicster.net/guard-tower/) - San Francisco, CA
- [After Kim Novak](https://www.vicster.net/after-kim-novak/) - San Francisco, CA
- [It Tasted As Good As It Looks](https://www.vicster.net/it-tasted-as-good-as-it-looks/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Last Call](https://www.vicster.net/last-call/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Fort Point](https://www.vicster.net/fort-point/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Flowers](https://www.vicster.net/flowers/) - Alameda, CA
- [Mod](https://www.vicster.net/mod/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Just My Imagination (Taken w/a Kodak Brownie)](https://www.vicster.net/just-my-imagination-taken-wa-kodak-brownie/) - Alameda, CA
- [My Favorite Toesies!](https://www.vicster.net/my-favorite-toesies/) - Alameda, CA
- [Galaxie](https://www.vicster.net/galaxie/) - Alameda, CA
- [The Morning After](https://www.vicster.net/the-morning-after/) - Oakland, CA
- [I Was Cold As A Stone](https://www.vicster.net/i-was-cold-as-a-stone/) - Oakland, CA
- [Chubby Cherub Cheeks](https://www.vicster.net/chubby-cherub-cheeks/) - Oakland, CA
- [Strollin' Through the Beach Suds](https://www.vicster.net/strollin-through-the-beach-suds/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Radical Chihuahua](https://www.vicster.net/radical-chihuahua/)
- [This Way](https://www.vicster.net/this-way/) - Oakland, CA
- [St. Stupid's Bride](https://www.vicster.net/st-stupids-bride/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Contemplative](https://www.vicster.net/contemplative/) - Oakland, CA
- [Peter Matson, U.S. Soldier](https://www.vicster.net/peter-matson-u-s-soldier/) - Oakland, CA
- [Japanese Tea Garden](https://www.vicster.net/japanese-tea-garden-2/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Then I Watch It Roll Away Again](https://www.vicster.net/then-i-watch-it-roll-away-again/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Morgenthau](https://www.vicster.net/morgenthau/) - Alameda, CA
- [Carpark Explorers](https://www.vicster.net/carpark-explorers/) - Oakland, CA
- [Palm Print](https://www.vicster.net/palm-print/) - San Francisco, CA
- [First Sunset of 2010](https://www.vicster.net/first-sunset-of-2010/) - Alameda/Oakland, CA
- [Until The End of the World](https://www.vicster.net/until-the-end-of-the-world/) - Oakland, CA
- [St. Patrick's Church](https://www.vicster.net/st-patricks-church/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Cherry Blossoms en Rouge](https://www.vicster.net/cherry-blossoms-en-rouge/) - Oakland, CA
- [Quiet Reflection](https://www.vicster.net/quiet-reflection/) - Alameda, CA
- [Mondrian Cake and Americano](https://www.vicster.net/mondrian-cake-and-americano/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Morning Star Baptist Church](https://www.vicster.net/morning-star-baptist-church-2/) - Oakland, CA
- [Gerbera Daisies](https://www.vicster.net/gerbera-daisies/) - Alameda, CA
- [Sharks v Canadiens: March 4, 2010](https://www.vicster.net/sharks-v-canadiens-march-4-2010/) - San Jose, CA
- [Pier Planks](https://www.vicster.net/pier-planks/) - San Francisco, CA
- [SFMOMA Skylight](https://www.vicster.net/sfmoma-skylight/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Golden Gate Bridge Cables](https://www.vicster.net/golden-gate-bridge-cables/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Rolled Away With The Tide](https://www.vicster.net/rolled-away-with-the-tide/) - Oakland, CA
- [Foggy Park](https://www.vicster.net/foggy-park/) - Alameda, CA
- [Proud Man's Manifesto](https://www.vicster.net/proud-mans-manifesto/) - San Francisco, CA
- [All Is Quiet On New Year's Day](https://www.vicster.net/all-is-quiet-on-new-years-day/) - Alameda, CA
- [Misty Sunday Morning](https://www.vicster.net/misty-sunday-morning/) - Alameda, CA
- [I Don't Belong To You, You Don't Belong To Me](https://www.vicster.net/i-dont-belong-to-you-you-dont-belong-to-me/) - Oakland, CA
- [At the Avedon Exhibit](https://www.vicster.net/at-the-avedon-exhibit/) - San Francisco, CA
- [January Sunset](https://www.vicster.net/january-sunset/) - Alameda, CA
- [Tim Thomas](https://www.vicster.net/tim-thomas/) - San Jose, CA
- [Little Teapot](https://www.vicster.net/little-teapot/) - Alameda, CA
- [That Pyramid](https://www.vicster.net/that-pyramid/) - San Francisco, CA
- [This. Right Now. Exactly.](https://www.vicster.net/this-right-now-exactly/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Harvest](https://www.vicster.net/harvest/) - Alameda, CA
- [Flight Through Fog](https://www.vicster.net/flight-through-fog/) - Alameda/Oakland, CA
- [Squash](https://www.vicster.net/squash/) - Alameda, CA
- [Red Lantern](https://www.vicster.net/red-lantern/) - Alameda, CA
- [Hyde Street Pier](https://www.vicster.net/hyde-street-pier/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Happy Holidays!](https://www.vicster.net/happy-holidays/) - Alameda, CA
- [Glide](https://www.vicster.net/glide/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Ceramic Santacon](https://www.vicster.net/ceramic-santacon/) - Alameda, CA
- [Webbed Boot](https://www.vicster.net/webbed-boot/) - Alameda, CA
- [Port of Oakland (and Nearly Full Moon)](https://www.vicster.net/port-of-oakland-and-nearly-full-moon/) - Oakland, CA
- [Storm Casualty](https://www.vicster.net/storm-casualty/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Pelicans](https://www.vicster.net/pelicans/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Fall Colors](https://www.vicster.net/fall-colors/) - Alameda, CA
- [Bay Bridge at Dawn](https://www.vicster.net/bay-bridge-at-dawn/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Floyd](https://www.vicster.net/floyd/) - Alameda, CA
- [B of A in B and W](https://www.vicster.net/b-of-a-in-b-and-w/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Milk](https://www.vicster.net/milk/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Embarcadero Center, After the Storm](https://www.vicster.net/embarcadero-center-after-the-storm/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Holga: Bay Bridge Double Exposure](https://www.vicster.net/holga-bay-bridge-double-exposure/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Oil Spill Cleanup](https://www.vicster.net/oil-spill-cleanup/) - Alameda, CA
- [The Collector](https://www.vicster.net/for-103109the-collector/) - Alameda, CA
- [And All That Is Now](https://www.vicster.net/and-all-that-is-now/) - San Francisco, CA
- [101 California on Redscale Film](https://www.vicster.net/101-california-on-redscale-film/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Simone](https://www.vicster.net/simone/) - Alameda, CA
- [Morning Star Baptist Church](https://www.vicster.net/morning-star-baptist-church/) - Oakland, CA
- [FollowTheFollowThe FollowTheFollowThe](https://www.vicster.net/followthefollowthefollowthefollowthe/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Dore' Vase Detail](https://www.vicster.net/dore-vase-detail/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Fire in the Sky](https://www.vicster.net/fire-in-the-sky/) - Alameda, CA
- [Bernal Peak](https://www.vicster.net/bernal-peak/) - San Francisco, CA
- [And All That Is Gone](https://www.vicster.net/and-all-that-is-gone/) - San Francisco, CA
- [View from the Bow](https://www.vicster.net/view-from-the-bow/) - San Francisco Bay, CA
- [City Beats](https://www.vicster.net/city-beats/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Ghost on the Stairs](https://www.vicster.net/ghost-on-the-stairs/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Blue-Green Stairs](https://www.vicster.net/blue-green-stairs/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Tree Fern](https://www.vicster.net/tree-fern-2/) - (black and white film, digitally tinted) San Francisco, CA
- [Japanese Tea Garden](https://www.vicster.net/japanese-tea-garden/) - San Francisco, CA
- [The Buddha of Long's Drugs](https://www.vicster.net/the-buddha-of-longs-drugs/) - Oakland, CA
- [Dogpatch Smokestack](https://www.vicster.net/dogpatch-smokestack/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Prayerbook Cross](https://www.vicster.net/prayerbook-cross/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Sign of the Times](https://www.vicster.net/sign-of-the-times/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Curve](https://www.vicster.net/curve/) - Oakland, California
- [Chinatown](https://www.vicster.net/chinatown/) - San Francisco, CA
- [Summer In San Francisco Is Chilly](https://www.vicster.net/summer-in-san-francisco-is-chilly/)
- [The Beat](https://www.vicster.net/the-beat/) - Financial District, San Francisco, California. July, 2009.
- [Coke](https://www.vicster.net/coke/)
- [Ole's Waffles, 4th of July](https://www.vicster.net/oles-waffles-4th-of-july/) - Shot with a Nikon F2 on Kodak TMAX 400 film.
- [Gear Geek: O Noes!](https://www.vicster.net/gear-geek-o-noes/) - It seems a trip to casualty Apollo Camera in Oakland is in order. I pulled my beloved Pentax MX from my camera bag this evening, wanting to get this interesting shot of a seagull at the Ferry Building, only to find that the shutter mechanism felt very loose, like a tooth about to come out.
- [More Redscale Film Fun](https://www.vicster.net/more-redscale-film-fun/) - Along the Altamont Pass: ================================================= Port of Oakland: ================================================= Golden Gate Bridge:
- [A Holga Two-fer](https://www.vicster.net/a-holga-two-fer/) - Walking across the Golden Gate Bridge: ================================================= Along the Altamont Pass:
- [A Redscale Film Two-fer](https://www.vicster.net/a-redscale-film-two-fer/) - Streetcar:================================================= Embarcadero Center 4 and Concrete Ball:
- [Sutro Baths Long Exposure (Yashica)](https://www.vicster.net/sutro-baths-long-exposure-yashica/)
- [Cupid's Bow at Dusk](https://www.vicster.net/cupids-bow-at-dusk/) - Shot with my new Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- [Blog Note: My Gear Geek List Updates](https://www.vicster.net/blog-note-my-gear-geek-list-updates/) - I'm trying to be better about remembering to update my Gear Geek list whenever I acquire a new piece of equipment. I've updated it recently to add my Sigma 10-20 lens and a few other bits and bobs. I keep a link to it over on the right nav bar, so you can check back
- [From the Bookshelf: "Black and White Photography: A Basic Manual"](https://www.vicster.net/from-the-bookshelf-black-and-white-photography-a-basic-manual/) - Black and White Photography, Third Revised Edition by Henry Horenstein My review rating: 5 of 5 starsThis book has been on my to-read list for quite some time now and now I realize why my photography instructors recommended it. Black and White Photography: A Basic Manual is a very rich, well-organized photography manual. Horenstein gives
- [Middle Harbor Park, Oakland, CA](https://www.vicster.net/middle-harbor-park-oakland-ca/) - Shot on Kodak Ektachrome 320T film, which gives the image its blue cast since it's balanced for tungsten light. If I had wanted to balance out the color, I would have used a yellow filter. But since this was expired film I had no idea how much color shifting was going to occur anyway, so
- [From the Bookshelf: "John Hedgecoe's Complete Photography Course"](https://www.vicster.net/from-the-bookshelf-john-hedgecoes-complete-photography-course/) - John Hedgecoe's Complete Photography Course by John Hedgecoe My review rating: 5 of 5 starsI've been dragging my copy of this book around with me for nearly 20 years now. It's a great reference when I want to get back to basics and a source of inspiration when my creative well runs dry. If you
- [From The Bookshelf: "The Moment It Clicks"](https://www.vicster.net/from-the-bookshelf-the-moment-it-clicks/) - The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters by Joe McNally My review rating: 5 of 5 starsJoe McNally makes great photography accessible to aspiring professional photographers (or serious amateurs). Every page is filled with great anecdotes of a successful career, as well as a paragraph or two of "how
- [Gear Geek: Sigma 10-20 Lens](https://www.vicster.net/gear-geek-sigma-10-20-lens/) - My latest equipment acquisition is the Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom lens. I got it specifically for scenic, landscape-y photos such as this shot of the Bay Bridge, taken from the ferry on my morning commute. So far I'm really loving this lens. It's obviously not an all-around lens like a 28-135, but it beautifully
- [Blue Cat Silhouette](https://www.vicster.net/blue-cat-silhouette/)
- [Bay Bridge in Late Autumn Daylight](https://www.vicster.net/bay-bridge-in-late-autumn-daylight/) - This was one of the last chances I had to shoot 100 speed film before switching to my "winter stock" of faster film (generally ISO400), since the higher speed film requires less intense bright daylight. But, oh my...I have a particular passion for Fuji slide film. This was shot with Provia 100 (about a couple
- [EAT](https://www.vicster.net/eat/)
- [Are We There Yet?](https://www.vicster.net/are-we-there-yet/)
- [The New Kid in Town](https://www.vicster.net/the-new-kid-in-town/) - In early August I wandered around the Alameda Antiques Fair in search of a new-to-me medium format camera. I like my Holgas just fine but I was ready for an upgrade. Most of what I found at the fair was old Brownies, which I really didn't want because they either took odd-size film (the Brownie
- [Sparkle](https://www.vicster.net/sparkle/)
- [Staring At The Sun](https://www.vicster.net/staring-at-the-sun/)
- [Lensbaby Study: Spring](https://www.vicster.net/lensbaby-study-spring/) - I haven't posted anything new here in quite a while. Mostly because I've been in a Big Artistic FUNK. Hopefully, I'm on my way out of said funk and will have more to post here in the near future.
- [Sunday Afternoon](https://www.vicster.net/sunday-afternoon/)
- [Rowboat. Holga.](https://www.vicster.net/rowboat-holga/)
- [Chorus Line](https://www.vicster.net/chorus-line/)
- [Demure](https://www.vicster.net/demure/)
- [Simon](https://www.vicster.net/simon/)
- [Another Week, Another Flickr-Is-Evil Protest](https://www.vicster.net/another-week-another-flickr-is-evil-protest/) - This has been a bad, bad week in the Flickrverse. Earlier in the week (Tuesday, I believe) they rolled out their multi-language localization feature. This project was a huge undertaking, not just in terms of writing code, but also bringing staff on board in seven different countries and training them. But, this exciting new rollout
- [It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...cloud!](https://www.vicster.net/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-a-cloud/)
- [52](https://www.vicster.net/52/) - This is a roll of Velvia 100 film that I hurriedly plonked in my Pentax MX to shoot this part of the base. Trouble is, I forgot to change the ISO setting and ended up shooting the roll at 800. Thankfully, Velvia can handle an obscene amount of pushing, so I didn't lose the whole
- [Whirrrrrrrr](https://www.vicster.net/whirrrrrrrr/)
- [Pink Camelia, Japanese Tea Garden](https://www.vicster.net/pink-camelia-japanese-tea-garden/)
- [Web](https://www.vicster.net/web/)
- [Pitcher Plant](https://www.vicster.net/pitcher-plant/)
- [Lilies @ the Conservatory of Flowers](https://www.vicster.net/lilies-the-conservatory-of-flowers/)
- [Buddha Close-Up](https://www.vicster.net/buddha-close-up/)
- [Dragon, Laney College Fair, April 2007](https://www.vicster.net/dragon-laney-college-fair-april-2007/)
- [Underbottom, Bay Bridge](https://www.vicster.net/underbottom-bay-bridge/)
- [Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill](https://www.vicster.net/wild-parrots-of-telegraph-hill/)
- [Camelia](https://www.vicster.net/camelia/)
- [3-21-2003: Boston Bruins v. San Jose Sharks](https://www.vicster.net/3-21-2003-boston-bruins-v-san-jose-sharks/)
- [San Francisco Waterfront at Twilight](https://www.vicster.net/san-francisco-waterfront-at-twilight/)
- [Offering](https://www.vicster.net/offering/)
- [Driftwood](https://www.vicster.net/driftwood/)
- [Boat Detail (with dew drop)](https://www.vicster.net/boat-detail-with-dew-drop/)
- [Rowboat: Alameda](https://www.vicster.net/rowboat-alameda/)
- [Night Heron](https://www.vicster.net/night-heron/)
- [Tree Fern](https://www.vicster.net/tree-fern/)
- [Gear Geek: The List](https://www.vicster.net/gear-geek-the-list/) - Here's a list of the gear that is in regular or semi-regular rotation: Canon Digital Rebel XTi Sigma 10-20 f4.0-5.6 lens Canon 18-55mm f3.6 EFS kit lens Canon 50mm f1.8 EF lens (the "nifty fifty") Canon 75-300mm f4-5.6 EF lens Lensbaby 2.0 Canon Wireless Remote Nikon F2 w/50mm f2 lens Yashica Mat-124G Pentax MX (no
- [The Flickr Brouhaha](https://www.vicster.net/the-flickr-brouhaha/) - I guess I'm one of the Flickr "Old Skool": Got my account back toward the end of 2004 (I think) and have gotten away with putting off merging my Yahoo! ID with my Flickr account. Yesterday I got the "dreaded FlickrMail" saying that, as of March 15, I'll have to merge my Flickr and Yahoo!
- [Morro Bay](https://www.vicster.net/morro-bay/)
- [A Nice Surprise](https://www.vicster.net/a-nice-surprise/) - I was going through some of my gear and ran across a roll of exposed 120 film in a bag. I had no idea when I shot it or what was on it when I dropped it off for processing a couple of days ago. All I knew was that I had shot it in
- [Dreaming of Yesteryear](https://www.vicster.net/dreaming-of-yesteryear/)
- [Tree Blossoms (in January!)](https://www.vicster.net/tree-blossoms-in-january/)
- [Gear Geek: First thoughts on the Canon Digital Rebel XTi](https://www.vicster.net/gear-geek-first-thoughts-on-the-canon-digital-rebel-xti/) - Well, a week on and I'm loving my new Digital Rebel XTi. I got it with the 18-55mm kit lens (which is...okay but not great) and I bought a 70-300mm zoom lens, which I'm using almost exclusively. The 70-300, I'm finding, is good for portraits where I don't want to be right up in someone's
- [Pinhole Tree](https://www.vicster.net/pinhole-tree/) - For Pinhole Day last year, I bought a pinhole body cap for my Pentax MX and shot 4-5 rolls of film with it. It was my first try at pinhole photography and I quite enjoy it. Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is April 29, 2007. Check with your local flickr (or other photographers) group for a
- [Tower Sculpture, San Francisco](https://www.vicster.net/tower-sculpture-san-francisco/)
- [Wildflowers](https://www.vicster.net/wildflowers/) - I thought I'd lead off with a favourite of mine taken on one of my Holga cameras. This was taken along the shoreline in Alameda, California in 2005.

## Pages

- [About Victoria](https://www.vicster.net/about/) - Writer | Photographer | Aspiring Yogi | Cat Mama After a long career in a variety of office jobs, I have turned my creative energy into a new career as a freelance content creator. For as long as I can remember, I have loved the creative challenge of playing with words and with light. I
- [Gear Geek](https://www.vicster.net/gear-geek/) - Here's a list of the gear that is in regular or semi-regular rotation: Canon Digital Rebel XTi Canon 70d Sigma 10-20 f4.0-5.6 lens Canon 18-55mm f3.6 EFS kit lens Canon 50mm f1.8 EF lens (the "nifty fifty") Canon 75-300mm f4-5.6 EF lens Lensbaby 2.0 Canon Wireless Remote Nikon F2 50mm f2 lens 28mm f2.8 lens
- [Links](https://www.vicster.net/links/) - Wirehead Arts Your Waitress SFlickr ~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~ Cheap Shooter DailySnap Eye4BW Joe McNally joe's nyc Leonard Nimoy Photography PetaPixel Strobist
- [Work With Victoria](https://www.vicster.net/workwithvictoria/) - Are you a small business owner frustrated by the constant change in online marketing best practices? Are you wondering if you really need to have a website if you don’t have an online (e-commerce) store selling your product or service? Do you already have a website but you aren’t sure how often you should update
- [Get More From Your Digital Marketing](https://www.vicster.net/home/) - **A quick note: I'm in the process of changing web hosts. These rarely happen without a few hiccups. Sorry for any broken images and links you come across. I'm working hard behind the scenes to get everything synced up. Thanks for visiting!** Is your digital marketing strategy converting browsers into buyers? Let's evaluate your SEO
- [Sample Page](https://www.vicster.net/sample-page/) - This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this: Hi there! I'm a bike messenger

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- [Bay Area](https://www.vicster.net/tag/bay-area/)
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- [bicycle](https://www.vicster.net/tag/bicycle/)
- [bird](https://www.vicster.net/tag/bird/)
- [Black and White](https://www.vicster.net/tag/black-and-white/)
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- [California](https://www.vicster.net/tag/california/)
- [Canon 70d](https://www.vicster.net/tag/canon-70d/)
- [Canon Digital Rebel XTi](https://www.vicster.net/tag/digital-rebel-xti/) - Images shot on my Canon Digital Rebel XTi.
- [car](https://www.vicster.net/tag/car/)
- [Cat](https://www.vicster.net/tag/cat/)
- [cats](https://www.vicster.net/tag/cats/)
- [Chinatown](https://www.vicster.net/tag/chinatown/)
- [Christmas](https://www.vicster.net/tag/christmas/)
- [civic duty](https://www.vicster.net/tag/civic-duty/)
- [Clouds](https://www.vicster.net/tag/clouds/)
- [cross-country](https://www.vicster.net/tag/cross-country/)
- [Dead Moon](https://www.vicster.net/tag/dead-moon/)
- [digital manipulation](https://www.vicster.net/tag/digital-manipulation/)
- [Dog](https://www.vicster.net/tag/dog/)
- [driving](https://www.vicster.net/tag/driving/)
- [Durham](https://www.vicster.net/tag/durham/)
- [emergency prep](https://www.vicster.net/tag/emergency-prep/)
- [fall](https://www.vicster.net/tag/fall/)
- [fall colors](https://www.vicster.net/tag/fall-colors/)
- [ferry](https://www.vicster.net/tag/ferry/)
- [Ferry Building](https://www.vicster.net/tag/ferry-building/)
- [FILM RULES](https://www.vicster.net/tag/film-rules/)
- [fires](https://www.vicster.net/tag/fires/)
- [flowers](https://www.vicster.net/tag/flowers/)
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- [found](https://www.vicster.net/tag/found/)
- [Found Words](https://www.vicster.net/tag/found-words/)
- [freelancing](https://www.vicster.net/tag/freelancing/)
- [full moon](https://www.vicster.net/tag/full-moon/)
- [get immunized](https://www.vicster.net/tag/get-immunized/)
- [Golden Gate Bridge](https://www.vicster.net/tag/golden-gate-bridge/)
- [Hockey](https://www.vicster.net/tag/hockey/) - Photos taken at hockey games.
- [Holga](https://www.vicster.net/tag/holga/) - Images shot on a Holga.
- [Holiday](https://www.vicster.net/tag/holiday/)
- [holidays](https://www.vicster.net/tag/holidays/)
- [How We Remember](https://www.vicster.net/tag/how-we-remember/)
- [Instagram](https://www.vicster.net/tag/instagram/)
- [instagrammed](https://www.vicster.net/tag/instagrammed/)
- [International Women's Day](https://www.vicster.net/tag/international-womens-day/)
- [International Workers Day](https://www.vicster.net/tag/international-workers-day/)
- [iPhonetography](https://www.vicster.net/tag/iphonetography/)
- [Kodachrome](https://www.vicster.net/tag/kodachrome/)
- [Kodak Brownie](https://www.vicster.net/tag/kodak-brownie/)
- [Kodak TMax](https://www.vicster.net/tag/kodak-tmax/)
- [Landscape](https://www.vicster.net/tag/landscape/)
- [Lens: Lensbaby](https://www.vicster.net/tag/lensbaby/) - Images shot using a Lensbaby.
- [Lens: Sigma 10-20mm](https://www.vicster.net/tag/sigma10-20/) - Images shot with my wide angle zoom lens.
- [LGBTQ rights](https://www.vicster.net/tag/lgbtq-rights/)
- [Little Vicster](https://www.vicster.net/tag/little-vicster/)
- [long exposure](https://www.vicster.net/tag/long-exposure/)
- [lunar eclipse](https://www.vicster.net/tag/lunar-eclipse/)
- [Mamiya 645](https://www.vicster.net/tag/mamiya-645/)
- [mantra](https://www.vicster.net/tag/mantra/)
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- [Medium Format](https://www.vicster.net/tag/120-film/)
- [Minolta](https://www.vicster.net/tag/minolta/)
- [Minolta Maxxum 800si](https://www.vicster.net/tag/minolta-maxxum-800si/) - Images shot on a Minolta Maxxum 800si.
- [Morro Bay](https://www.vicster.net/tag/morro-bay/)
- [NC Courage](https://www.vicster.net/tag/nc-courage/)
- [NCFC](https://www.vicster.net/tag/ncfc/)
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- [odds](https://www.vicster.net/tag/odds/)
- [Oregon](https://www.vicster.net/tag/oregon/)
- [Pentax K-1000](https://www.vicster.net/tag/pentax-k-1000/)
- [Pentax K1000](https://www.vicster.net/tag/k-1000/) - Images shot on a Pentax K-1000.
- [Pentax MX](https://www.vicster.net/tag/pentax-mx/) - Images shot on a Pentax MX.
- [pet rescue](https://www.vicster.net/tag/pet-rescue/)
- [photography](https://www.vicster.net/tag/photography/)
- [Pinhole](https://www.vicster.net/tag/pinhole/) - Images made using a pinhole camera or pinhole-adapted camera.
- [plant-based diet](https://www.vicster.net/tag/plant-based-diet/)
- [politics](https://www.vicster.net/tag/politics/)
- [Portland](https://www.vicster.net/tag/portland/)
- [Portland Punk](https://www.vicster.net/tag/portland-punk/)
- [productivity](https://www.vicster.net/tag/productivity/)
- [Raleigh](https://www.vicster.net/tag/raleigh/)
- [Redscale](https://www.vicster.net/tag/redscale/) - Images made on redscale film.
- [reflected](https://www.vicster.net/tag/reflected/)
- [RIP Fred Cole](https://www.vicster.net/tag/rip-fred-cole/)
- [road trippin'](https://www.vicster.net/tag/road-trippin/)
- [road trippin&apos;](https://www.vicster.net/tag/road-trippinapos/)
- [San Francisco](https://www.vicster.net/tag/san-francisco/)
- [San Jose](https://www.vicster.net/tag/san-jose/)
- [seen on the streets](https://www.vicster.net/tag/seen-on-the-streets/)
- [self](https://www.vicster.net/tag/self/)
- [self assignment](https://www.vicster.net/tag/self-assignment/)
- [self portrait](https://www.vicster.net/tag/self-portrait/)
- [settling in Raleigh](https://www.vicster.net/tag/settling-in-raleigh/)
- [SFMOMA](https://www.vicster.net/tag/sfmoma/)
- [Simon](https://www.vicster.net/tag/simon/)
- [sleep](https://www.vicster.net/tag/sleep/)
- [slow learner](https://www.vicster.net/tag/slow-learner/)
- [snow](https://www.vicster.net/tag/snow/)
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- [soccer](https://www.vicster.net/tag/soccer/)
- [soup](https://www.vicster.net/tag/soup/)
- [Spiritual](https://www.vicster.net/tag/spiritual/)
- [sports](https://www.vicster.net/tag/sports/)
- [success](https://www.vicster.net/tag/success/)
- [sunrise](https://www.vicster.net/tag/sunrise/)
- [The Beautiful Game](https://www.vicster.net/tag/the-beautiful-game/)
- [toy](https://www.vicster.net/tag/toy/)
- [travel](https://www.vicster.net/tag/travel/)
- [traveling with pets](https://www.vicster.net/tag/traveling-with-pets/)
- [tree](https://www.vicster.net/tag/tree/)
- [trees](https://www.vicster.net/tag/trees/)
- [truck](https://www.vicster.net/tag/truck/)
- [tulip](https://www.vicster.net/tag/tulip/)
- [Umstead State Park](https://www.vicster.net/tag/umstead-state-park/)
- [urban farm](https://www.vicster.net/tag/urban-farm/)
- [Urban/Suburban Ruins](https://www.vicster.net/tag/urbansuburban-ruins/)
- [US Soccer](https://www.vicster.net/tag/us-soccer/)
- [USMNT](https://www.vicster.net/tag/usmnt/)
- [USWNT](https://www.vicster.net/tag/uswnt/)
- [Valentines Day](https://www.vicster.net/tag/valentines-day/)
- [vegan](https://www.vicster.net/tag/vegan/)
- [vegan at home](https://www.vicster.net/tag/vegan-at-home/)
- [vegan on a budget](https://www.vicster.net/tag/vegan-on-a-budget/)
- [vegetarian](https://www.vicster.net/tag/vegetarian/)
- [vintage car](https://www.vicster.net/tag/vintage-car/)
- [vote](https://www.vicster.net/tag/vote/)
- [water](https://www.vicster.net/tag/water/)
- [weather](https://www.vicster.net/tag/weather/)
- [weather report by Vicster](https://www.vicster.net/tag/weather-report-by-vicster/)
- [weathered](https://www.vicster.net/tag/weathered/)
- [web dev](https://www.vicster.net/tag/web-dev/)
- [wildfire](https://www.vicster.net/tag/wildfire/)
- [winter](https://www.vicster.net/tag/winter/)
- [work](https://www.vicster.net/tag/work/)
- [Work In Progress](https://www.vicster.net/tag/work-in-progress/)
- [World Cup](https://www.vicster.net/tag/world-cup/)
- [WRAL Azalea Gardens](https://www.vicster.net/tag/wral-azalea-gardens/)
- [Writing](https://www.vicster.net/tag/writing/)
- [Yashica Mat-124G](https://www.vicster.net/tag/yashica-mat124g/) - Images made with a Yashica Mat-124G medium format, TLR camera.
- [walk with me](https://www.vicster.net/tag/walk-with-me/)
- [rock music](https://www.vicster.net/tag/rock-music/)
- [Pacific Northwest](https://www.vicster.net/tag/pacific-northwest/)
- [Seattle](https://www.vicster.net/tag/seattle/)
- [Dharma Bums](https://www.vicster.net/tag/dharma-bums/)
- [firefly](https://www.vicster.net/tag/firefly/)
- [fauna](https://www.vicster.net/tag/fauna/)
- [music](https://www.vicster.net/tag/music/)
- [rap](https://www.vicster.net/tag/rap/)
- [pterosaurs](https://www.vicster.net/tag/pterosaurs/)
- [American history](https://www.vicster.net/tag/american-history/)
- [nature](https://www.vicster.net/tag/nature/)
- [Turtle Therapy](https://www.vicster.net/tag/turtle-therapy/)
- [turtles](https://www.vicster.net/tag/turtles/)
- [ducks](https://www.vicster.net/tag/ducks/)
- [snakes](https://www.vicster.net/tag/snakes/)
- [healing](https://www.vicster.net/tag/healing/)
- [mental health](https://www.vicster.net/tag/mental-health/)
- [stories of resilience](https://www.vicster.net/tag/stories-of-resilience/)
- [healing and learning](https://www.vicster.net/tag/healing-and-learning/)
- [The Power Within Anthology](https://www.vicster.net/tag/the-power-within-anthology/)
- [feeling vulnerable](https://www.vicster.net/tag/feeling-vulnerable/)
- [book launch](https://www.vicster.net/tag/book-launch/)
- [girl gotta eat](https://www.vicster.net/tag/girl-gotta-eat/)
- [wri](https://www.vicster.net/tag/wri/)
- [Clancy](https://www.vicster.net/tag/clancy/)
- [Charlie](https://www.vicster.net/tag/charlie/)
- [Mercury Retrograde](https://www.vicster.net/tag/mercury-retrograde/)
- [shit happens](https://www.vicster.net/tag/shit-happens/)
- [cookies](https://www.vicster.net/tag/cookies/)
- [baking](https://www.vicster.net/tag/baking/)
- [New Year](https://www.vicster.net/tag/new-year/)
- [Hoppin' John](https://www.vicster.net/tag/hoppin-john/)
- [cornbread](https://www.vicster.net/tag/cornbread/)
- [bald eagle](https://www.vicster.net/tag/bald-eagle/)
- [cormorant](https://www.vicster.net/tag/cormorant/)
- [crabby tabby](https://www.vicster.net/tag/crabby-tabby/)
- [turtle](https://www.vicster.net/tag/turtle/)
- [Magic Turtle Studios](https://www.vicster.net/tag/magic-turtle-studios/)
- [Etsy](https://www.vicster.net/tag/etsy/)
- [Life Update](https://www.vicster.net/tag/life-update/)
- [ramen](https://www.vicster.net/tag/ramen/)
- [tofu](https://www.vicster.net/tag/tofu/)
- [US Womens Olympic Hockey Team](https://www.vicster.net/tag/us-womens-olympic-hockey-team/)
- [Gold Medal Winner](https://www.vicster.net/tag/gold-medal-winner/)
- [US Mens Olympic Hockey Team](https://www.vicster.net/tag/us-mens-olympic-hockey-team/)
- [Orange Shitgoblin](https://www.vicster.net/tag/orange-shitgoblin/)
- [family](https://www.vicster.net/tag/family/)
- [life and death](https://www.vicster.net/tag/life-and-death/)
- [Boston Terriers](https://www.vicster.net/tag/boston-terriers/)
- [Tina](https://www.vicster.net/tag/tina/)
- [Reggie](https://www.vicster.net/tag/reggie/)
- [dogs](https://www.vicster.net/tag/dogs/)
- [OHSU](https://www.vicster.net/tag/ohsu/)
- [R.E.M.](https://www.vicster.net/tag/r-e-m/)