Decorating

Central Baptist has a Portuguese speaking sister congregation, IBC. They’ve been part of our family for almost two years, and have brought an brilliant energy to our fellowship. It’s amazing to encounter how our different cultures tend to work, and how we compliment one another in many ways. One area in which our Brazilian family-members…

Outraged

I’ve been alive 2000 years and I’ve never had time for the luxury of outrage. The above is one of the more brilliant lines from the latest season of Dr. Who 1. The Doctor spoke it to his companion, Bill, when she wanted to scold him for accepting the death of a child. He didn’t…

Close Up

My friend managed to open up my 500mm reflex lens this week in order to clean the mirrors, so I wanted to see if it improved my shots at all. The results were mixed, I would really like to pick up a 500mm autofocus lens at some point, but I did manage to capture these…

Unpacking Rolling Out

Things are moving fast now, and The Realm is a lot closer to collapsing than its inhabitants realize. Let’s unpack. We Need Him I’ve been trying to figure out why Sills wanted to bring Fineflin along. He exists as a stand-in for the Elves we were originally going to meet in the Board of Governors,…

“The Middle” – A Haiku

Regressives one way. Oppressors are opposite. The Center is choked. Much of my life has been a struggle with not fitting in. I’ve written before of how I never quite understood social cues as a child, and even though I’ve learned how to “read” a room I’m still uncomfortable in social situations. I feel my…

Fiction Tuesday – Rolling Out

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes It took the better part of an hour to convince Fineflin he’d found matching camouflage patterns for his fatigues. The group was then herded to a waiting line of military vehicles, where they were greeted by a frowning gnome. The gnome…