Monthly Archives: October 2010

Is it wine yet?

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Skip@RR

No. More like Grape Soda. It’s comfortably fizzy, but not overwhelmingly so. I was worried it might taste like too-old fermented orange juice, but it doesn’t have that twang. Nope, after 48 hours, it’s tasty Grape Soda. Mainly, I’m glad … Continue reading →

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Halfway to wine

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Skip@RR

“Dude, you’re making Pruno. That’s what they drink in jail,” he said with a smirk. I shook my head. “No man, it’s Federweißer. I looked it up in Wikipedia. It’s big in Europe. At least, I think it that’s what … Continue reading →

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Make wine in 2 days

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Skip@RR

That’s the claim of Spike Your Juice. We’re going to find out if it works. For $10 usd, you get an airlock that fits a 64 oz bottle of grape juice, and some packets of the wine yeast. I bought … Continue reading →

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A Praying Mantis

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Skip@RR

Spotted this critter meditating under the porch light this morning. An eye-catching line from the Wikipedia entry on Mantis behavior: “The reason for sexual cannibalism has been debated.” Really? Apparently, I missed those debates. I wonder how they went, and … Continue reading →

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Jonsi in concert

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Skip@RR

Craig Padilla told me there was going to be an extraordinary video concert simulcast yesterday on NPR, of all places. Jonsi is the lead singer of Sigur Ros, a big favorite of mine. The concert did not disappoint. Hey, it’s … Continue reading →

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Fascinating Coachella concert video

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Skip@RR

Okay, so its not Really Redding. Really Coachella instead. Fascinating to watch though. This is a photographic effect with which I’ve experimented previously here. An artificial reduction in depth of field. It makes everything look miniaturized. They’ve combined that effect … Continue reading →

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Catch and release

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Skip@RR

Among the memories of my youth, I very fondly recall catching lizards. Their reptilian stares, their colorful and varied skins of beady armor. Although I no longer wield the hand-eye speed I possessed in those magical days of jars and … Continue reading →

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Liu Xiaobo and his prize

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Skip@RR

I don’t think of ReallyRedding as a political blog. But in fact, every act of written expression is a political act in this world. The recent award of the Nobel Prize to Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo makes this painfully clear. … Continue reading →

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Saint Michael’s Catholic Church in Shasta Lake City

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Skip@RR

Here are a few images I took of Saint Michaels Catholic Church in Shasta Lake City yesterday. I found some information about this church at this website. Apparently it’s just over 50 years old, built when this area was called … Continue reading →

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Eye of the Storm

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Skip@RR

Here’s a recording from 15 years ago. Craig Padilla was asked to make a soundtrack for a video to be aired on Redding’s cable access channel. Local video artist Namaste had edited video footage he had taken of stormclouds moving … Continue reading →

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