We just made the final turn, and things are about to get rather interesting. Let’s unpack. Through Downtown As I was writing the scene I found myself pondering from whence I drew the description of the population’s status. The more I wrote, the more I began to understand, it came from the Civil War. I…
Month: June 2017
Mirror Time
I received a notification on my iPad as I was getting ready to face the day last Wednesday – A gunman had attacked a group of Republican Congressional Representatives. Soon after a friend, with whom I have often commiserated over the state of our culture, sent me a message, “And now we’ve devolved into shooting…
Fiction Tuesday – Caught Up
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Will refused to speak with the Narrator as their company made it’s way out of the city 1. They left the campus of Boarsblemish University and marched through downtown, surrounded by a terrified civilian population. Much of the populace gazed upon…
Unpacking Announcements
I forgot to publish this last week! This has been a fascinating week for me, so my “unpacking” post is a day late. If you’ve not yet read “Announcements” you’ll want to do so before you continue. The last gasp of The Realm’s only hope is about to be taken. Things look bleak, let’s unpack….
Freedom?
Over the weekend I began seeing stories, with associated video, about Bernie Sanders establishing a religious litmus test for public office during a recent confirmation hearing. Having watched the video, and read people’s responses to it, I’ve got some thoughts to share. First, to my Evangelical kin who are shouting, “Foul!” at the senator’s comments….
Round and Round
Today was Riverton’s Historic Criterium. What’s a criterium 1?A criterium is a short-distance bicycle race with a number of sharp turns. The course in Riverton is eight tenths of a mile and, over the course of five hours, Riverton’s event runs several races — each between twenty-five and forty miles. I’ve never before photographed the…
