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Giggly now available on Issuu!

8 Aug ’10
Giggly excerpt, picnic under oak tree © 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

Giggly, my photography book that collected images from the glorious Giggly Hills area near the Mississippi river in South Minneapolis, is now available on Issuu. You can view the entire book online, without having to download the rather large PDF … Continue reading →

Announcing Giggly, a very special Free Friday!

30 Jul ’10
gigglycover-crop © 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

I’d like to announce a very special Free Friday offering here at Leora the Sane: my very first photography book! Giggly is a collection of photographs taken in the Giggly Hills area near our home in South Minneapolis. I created … Continue reading →

July Flowers

29 Jul ’10
Orange Lily, in the backyard © 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

On Saturday, I took some time to smell the flowers… and take their pictures. We have a couple of different types of lilies in our yard, plus some phlox and creeping purple bell flower (which might be a weed, depending … Continue reading →

Flashback to France…

25 Jul ’10
france-crop © 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

Almost 12 years ago, I took a little trip to France. It was my graduation gift to myself, after completing my degree in French (crazy, huh?). I spent a little over five weeks there, about two weeks in Paris, about … Continue reading →

What would it be like to photosynthesize?

14 Jul ’10
© 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

Great post at The Quantum Biologist, found via @inktea on Twitter. The Green Man: “I think I could forgo all the meat in the world to know what it’s like to step outside, turn my face and palms to the sun, … Continue reading →

Tasty Turnip Latkes

14 Jul ’10
Turnip latkes, with yoghurt and garlic scapes © 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

It is well and truly CSA season. And with the season comes knowledge that we have a lot of veggies to eat. Every year, Eli and I figure things out a little more quickly. I think we’ve got it down … Continue reading →

Picnic at Giggly Hills

11 Jul ’10
Sun shining through the branches of an oak tree in the Giggly Hills area near the Mississippi River © 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

As part of our recovery from CON, Eli and I took a little bicycle picnic to the Giggly Hills area by the river yesterday. We brought cookies from Fireroast Mountain, and sat about for what felt like hours (but was … Continue reading →

Out and About at CONvergence 2010

10 Jul ’10
Out & About, Convergence 2010 © 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

This year’s CONvergence was jam packed for the Effinger-Weintraubs. My darling wife gave a great run-down of just how very much we did during our weekend. It was great fun, crazy busy, and rather epic all at once. We saw … Continue reading →

The Twins…

22 Jun ’10
The Twins 03 © 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

So on Memorial weekend, we took that trip up north and visited with my extended family for my cousin’s high school graduation. It was a great time, as I mentioned in an earlier post, although we spent far more time … Continue reading →

More fire…

7 Jun ’10
fire11 © 2010 Leora Effinger-Weintraub. Some rights reserved.

We took a wonderful trip to visit family in Tower, MN Memorial Day weekend. It was my youngest cousin’s high school graduation (she was born just before I turned 16), so we went up for her open house. With the … Continue reading →

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