Day: 2009-03-09

Gricers in the Mist

Taken yesterday at the Zig Zag heritage railway, near Lithgow, NSW. A gricer is a steam locomotive enthusiast, and my husband has been one since childhood. He got to ride on the footplate back up the mountain, so he won’t stop smiling about that for at least a week.

This shot was taken as they purged the boilers to get rid of waste sludge.

Quickhit: Women in media

An op-ed from the BBC News Magazine online. Raises many good points, some info I didn’t know, the conclusion seems to trail off. Thoughts? Hat/tip to lurker J.