Earlier this year I ordered a promising consumer mesh networking system called Luma. I waited patiently for the product to be released, and then an extra month while my number came up in the pre-order shipping queue. When I finally received my order, my first impressions of Luma were largely favorable. The initial release was…
Month: October 2016
Unpacking – Insert Coin
I first began In The Land of the Penny Gnomes a few years ago. It’s been wonderful going back and exploring this older material. Yesterday marked the first section of the actual novel, as the story of the Penny Gnomes itself is really meant as a prelude. Let’s unpack. The Waking I’ve written two novels…
Fiction Tuesday – Insert Coin
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes “Hey. Hey, get up.” Will MacGil felt himself being shaken in his bed. He cracked his eyes open enough to see how far the Sun had risen. After all, he had a History test in the morning and was looking to…
A Sudden Insight
For the better part of a year I’ve been trying to wrap my mind around the support Donald Trump is getting from a certain segment of the Evangelical Christian community 1. He is a man who treats the Image of God with utter contempt, especially when the image-bearer is a woman. He is a man…
Arsty Keg
Yesterday we took some of our friends to Pennsbury Manor, where a program called “Plants to Pints” was being held. We’d been wanting to bring our friends out to the manor for some time, and felt the program was as good an excuse as any to do so. This historical lesson began, as the name…
Colors of Fall
On Friday I presided over the funeral, and was asked to photograph some of the floral arrangements by the family. Unfortunately, the full display had been taken to the gravesite by the time I had access to my camera. But a single piece, a bamboo cross, was left behind at the request of the woman’s…
