Plustek Photo Scanner - ephoto Z30 - Review

Plustek Photo Scanner - ephoto Z30

Envelopes of old photographs. Falling apart albums of old photographs. Boxes of old photographs. They sit on shelves and in closets. Precious and irreplaceable memories in danger of being lost.

One of my projects during this extra time I have had at home is to begin the process of digitizing our old photographs. Most are of our family and children but then there are some of my parents wedding and their early years. There is an envelope of pictures when I was a child. It has been so fun to go through these old memories and then to be able to share them with the kids and other people who are included in them.

The process has been made so simple by the scanner I found and bought. I did a lot of research to find something that would make the process of scanning thousands of photographs an easy process. As I contemplated the purchase I kept wondering if the claims were too good to be true. Would it really work as fast and easy as they showed. What about the software to capture and save the images? I have been more than amazed and satisfied. The scans happen as fast as I can feed the photos through and the software has been flawless.

If you have old photos laying around then this might be your opportunity to make sure that those memories can be preserved and shared.

Here is what I bought: Plustek Photo Scanner - ephoto Z30


Here is a video that shows how easy it is to operate:

Thankful for Indoor Plumbing

A good cleansing shower feels so good after a long day at work. I often think how thankful I am for indoor plumbing.

Less than a hundred years ago, when my dad was young, his family got indoor plumbing. That was a big deal. Something we take for granted today was a near luxury then.

The first thing to come in those days was running water in a home, just plain water - cold water. The next step was a back boiler, which was a device that attached to the wood cooking stove and would heat the water as it ran through it. Later the outhouse out in the back was replaced by a toilet inside and how wonderful to have a bathtub.

And how about when the wood stove was replaced by a furnace that heated all of the rooms? What an improvement that was.

Look around right now and see the things that are so common but should have us shouting with joy and gratitude.

Oh, another good thing: as a teenager, my dad ended up working for the plumber who added the bathroom to their house. After many years of training, school, and work, he became a journeyman plumber.

Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction by Judith Grisel

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Interesting thoughts:

"Desperation in any form leads to depraved acts. Social psychology has shown that a primary difference between upstanding citizens and depraved criminals is our circumstances, including many of which are beyond our control. Inherited proclivities, early experiences, and current environments combine to constrain many of our choices. It is not heroin, alcohol, nicotine, or cocaine that makes one an addict; it is the drive to escape from reality. I remember sharing a crack pipe with a homeless man for a while. Though probably only in his early forties, he had few teeth left, and those were dirty and broken. He hadn't showered or even looked in a mirror in weeks and was filthy and emaciated. Yet he'd pull on the pipe and wax on about how he was on top of the world. Even then I was reminded of Huxley's soma, required in some dystopian future in order to cope with society's dementia. Lest we feel above such depravity, we might remember that chemicals aren't the only way to escape. There are plenty of internet and entertainment addicts, food, shopping, or work addicts, maybe as many as there are people who have problems with substances."

~From Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction by Judith Grisel

Here is info about the book on Amazon:
Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

Pilgrim's Progress Map Chart

The Pilgrim's Progress animated movie is showing in theaters this Easter weekend. Here is a map of the journey.

Pilgrim's Progress Map Chart
by Your_Treasures

A Plan of the Road From the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. This map comes from "The Pilgrim's Progress," a religious allegory by an English preacher, John Bunyan. It was first published in 1678 and has often been called the most read book in the English language but for the Bible. "The protagonist, named Christian, faces temptations and digressions that could prevent him from reaching his goal, God’s celestial city.