Today I was supposed to work with time, by making something that is visible only through a long-exposure photograph.

Thank goodness I am married to an accomplished photographer. I would have not known where to begin, otherwise.

But Jim managed the camera. He changed the shutter speed to “bulb setting,” which keeps the shutter open as long as you depress the button. It took us several tries, but he shot while I wrote in the air with my iPhone flashlight app. Finally, we got this word to appear …