It was really too dreary today to venture forth in search of photographic subjects for this week’s “Daily Office” entries. On the verge of spring, or perhaps even a bit past the verge, the landscape is absolutely devoid of interest. Unlike summer, which colors rather brilliantly into autumn, winter does nothing but go on being bare. Until the Bradford pear trees that line the side-streets pop into confetti-white blossoms, the city will look a lot deader than it does in November, when looking dead has the virtue of novelty.

Having rejected the idea of using old photographs, I pulled out a sheaf of comic postcards. That’s the ticket, I thought. I selected three cards, including the immortal Ken Brown “Cool Jerks” that I’ve cropped for tomorrow, and lay them on the scanner. But I couldn’t get the scanner to work.

While Kathleen and I watched The 39 Steps — we saw Patrick Barlow’s hugely entertaining adaptation on Friday — I quietly fixed the problem, which turned out to be a couple of pop-up blockers — with the help of the utterly indispensable and brilliantly available Jason.

That’s the weekend in a nutshell: taking care of the small stuff, without fuss and feathers.

 

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