Recovery ... Damn, That's a Long Time

West Meade Waterfall
Reality-So-Subtle 6x6
Ilford HP5 Plus
dev in Cinestill Df96

The last time I posted here was during the pandemic.

An automated domain renewal email in my Gmail inbox reminded about SquarePegPinhole.

Which sent me down the "oh right, I have a blog" rabbit hole.

So here I am, writing again in a kind of easy stream-of-consciousness. Fitting, really, since I’ve been shooting pinholes again with ease, thanks to the gentle encouragement of my lovely, loving partner.

Digression-digestion: considering the current state of the world, how amazing would it be if we had less stream-of-consciousness and more stream-of-conscientiousness … that's my main goal these days.

So typing in squarepegpinhole.com brought up one of those scammy-looking "Want this domain?" landing pages. Ugh, instant stomach-pit drop.

But the www. version of squarepegpinhole.com still points here, this place, the page you're reading, which means I still own this domain and I just need to fiddle with the DNS at GoDaddy (ah, fack, I've got GoDaddy issues).

Except I don't remember the login and the "reset password" email goes to a work address I haven't used in 20 years and goddammit this is going to be a complete pain in the ass.

But here's the thing:

I've owned SquarePegPinhole.com for more than two decades, now, and

… damn, that's a long time.

I mean, that's a stupid long-ass time in internet years, but the web is no longer new … I suspect that means I'm not either.

Now I’m trying to prove who I am just to update the account to my current email, which I’ve had for a damn long time, too, but still less than I've had SquarePegPinhole.com (use the www. for now, please).

Until my next post (I'm planning in fewer than 5 years time) here are a few recent pinholes.

Church in Franklin
Reality-So-Subtle 6x6
Ilford HP5 Plus
dev in Cinestill Df96

Porch Sit
(altered to remove house number)
Reality-So-Subtle 6x6
Ilford HP5 Plus
dev in Cinestill Df96

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