Looking up at the cresting wave

This week I posted an image of two books I had laid out for ABCNJ. One is our 2015 Regional Directory, the other is a devotional based on various testimonies from the region. Both represent my first attempts at using InDesign for large-scale page layout work, and I do have to say I’m impressed with…

Anxiety in photography

On Monday I took the opportunity to take an image I’ve been eying all Summer long. The Rancocas Creek, which separates Delanco and Riverside, NJ is a beautiful body of water, and the view from the Delanco Bridge is quite stunning. I wanted to capture an image of the creek while the boats were still…

Stand with Ahmed, let’s start treating our societal PTSD

I wish I didn’t have to do a “bonus post” today, but this is a sign of a serious problem in the culture of the United States. It needs to be addressed. Ahmed Mohamed is a young man who loves to tinker and create and build. He loves electronics, go karts, and even built a…

Unpacking Seeing Purple

The surprises these characters keeping springing on me a truly dizzying. The first title for this passage was supposed to be “On the Road.” I wanted the party to have a conversation about Walter’s “summons” as they travelled to Meadow Run and end the segment with the introduction of Talum. I even created a character…

Fiction Tuesday – Seeing Purple

“Walter, what?” “Meddle, not now. Not here.” Both Walter and Ama’s faces had become white, and several people who passed Walter noticed the chill near their table, drawing confused looks. He then pointed at Jeremy, but shifted his eyes down toward the evertorch on their table. “And as for you, I don’t know what you…

What difference?

In Williamsburg there is a bridge which begins the path from the Visitor’s Center to the Historic area. Embedded on this bridge are a series of plaques. Heading into the Historic Area the plaques show some of the fundamental differences between the 21st and 17th Centuries. On the way back to the Visitor’s Center the…