A Bloy and his Blog

Even after the oak tree looses its colorful autumn leaves, it’s a beautiful thing.

A few weeks ago Ryan Adams & the Cardinals released some new music, a seven song EP called Follow The Lights, which I have been listening to a LOT lately.

A perfect companion to their excellent disc Easy Tiger (released this past summer), Follow The Lights features two brand new songs, a great cover song, and four live studio performances of songs the band has been playing during their recent tour.

The two new songs, “Follow The Lights” and “My Love for You is Real” are ballads, the latter makes a beautiful statement without being too sweet.

read the rest of: Ryan Adams: Follow The Lights

I recently added some excellent photography websites to my links page, and I thought it would be worth mentioning them here as well. Most of the following sites have tips & techniques, and a few just show great pictures.

• Digital Photography School
• iDigital Photo
• Epic Edits Weblog
• Photojojo
• Andre Gunther Photography
• PhotoCritic
• Photodoto
• Visual~Voice
• JMG Galleries

My family had a couple of get-togethers over the past few weeks.

From left: my brother Steven, my sisters Barbra and Christine, and myself.

read the rest of: Family photos