Category Archives: Personal Anecdotes

Stories about stuff Richard remembers. Not saying his memory is any good.

Taking time to tell our story

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Richard Lund

Alan Au invited me to shoot backgrounds for a movie in March of 2002. It had been my first motion picture assignment in the city since the attack of the year before. I had been there for Paula Zahn’s set … Continue reading →

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The day we all became Israelis…

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Richard Lund

In the hours and days following the attacks of September 11, 2001, I found myself numb with news. I needed to do something else. So I got to my computer and my files. While this picture is simple, it was … Continue reading →

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Puff the Magic Dragon Had No Parallax View

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Richard Lund

Dragons are our friends. No, I never used to think that, at least when I was young. I only knew that Dragons roared and fire came out from their mouths. Very big and scary. Monster movie scary. And I think … Continue reading →

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“truly stakhanovite proportions” or how I learned to stop worrying and loved Sputnik

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Richard Lund

  If you listened to Pravda (Truth) in the old days, you may have heard of Stakhanov One thing that is generally true about Americans is that they pay attention to things. Yes, you heard right. Only their range of … Continue reading →

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Midwesternism Defined and Some Other Stuff

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Richard Lund

Just to bring something completely different to help explain the Half Coastal name I use for this blog: the name came to me in a blinding flash of something, maybe creativity, maybe just too much cilantro in the salsa…who knows? … Continue reading →

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