http://penumbralconnections.com Text and Images by Daniel Harris Sat, 16 May 2009 20:53:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I saw this gentleman doing his thing at the Drummer's Grove in Prospect Park last week. I think there must have been some sort of Caribbean dumming festival taking place. When I tried to get closer to take a better photo, he gave me an angry look and motioned his ... http://penumbralconnections.com/?p=427 On the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, just before noon today, Cardinal Edward Egan (Archbishop of New York) blessed a crowd of funny hat-wearing misfits. After the blessing, with arm and index finger raised, his holiness pointed into the immense and peculiar crowd below. "Look," he said ... http://penumbralconnections.com/?p=426 In honor of the J-man's autonecromancy, my usual daytime study haunts were closed today. Margot had the bright idea of a whole day of egg-themed meals for Easter. For dinner, we cooked up some Tamago Nigiri (above). I have made sushi before, but this was my first time making tamago. And ... http://penumbralconnections.com/?p=425 This is the rain barrel in my parents' back yard. It is partially submerged, a foot or two into the ground, at the northeast corner of their house, and it catches a lot of the rain that runs down the north slope of the roof. It usually contains these two ... http://penumbralconnections.com/?p=424 Today's photos began their existence on the roof of a building in the Bronx where Margot spent most of her summer. One of the requirements of her architecture program involves second year students designing a project and then building it themselves. Their project was a rooftop pavilion and garden for ... http://penumbralconnections.com/?p=420