So what did I do the day after the election? Well, I can’t say I wasn’t a bit depressed. Not because I was looking forward to a Hillary Clinton presidency but because I find Donald Trump’s policies to be utter madness. But I still had to function and be the presence of Christ where I…
Author: Wes Allen
Wes got back in to Role Playing Games during the pandemic and it’s blown up into a wonderful mid-life crisis. He runs the DM Tales YouTube channel and website, GMs two campaigns, and plays online in another with some old friends. His “day job” is a Baptist Pastor in Philadelphia’s Jersey suburbs.
Unpacking Actually Actualized
We’ve tiptoed in The Realm for a few scenes, and now we begin our long descent into quirky oddness. Let’s unpack. Breaking Convention The references to narrative convention are absolutely inspired by the likes of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Jasper Fforde. I make no apologies for this, but given the story’s setting it’s also…
Fiction Tuesday – Actually Actualized
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes When Will woke up he found himself lying on an old, pea-green, sofa. Narrative convention dictated he should have had either an ice-pack on his head or a cup of cold tea sitting by him on a table. Professor Nobody neglected…
Exploring Color in Lightroom
I’ve been exploring different adjustments in Lightroom lately, and have had some fun playing with color adjustments. Yesterday, as I was looking for an image to use as a background, I came across a photo I’d taken a few years ago with my old Canon DSLR. At that point of my photography hobby I was…
In Remembrance of our Savior
Throughout the course of this presidential campaign I have grown more and more distressed at the state of Christian political involvement in the United States. From Evangelicals abandoning their decades long assertion only moral people were acceptable as candidate for office to Progressive Christians willing to spread rumor and innuendo because it supports their vision…
A Walk in the Fog
The weather forecast was calling for rain in our area yesterday afternoon, which again put a bit of hiccup on my goal to do some walking on afternoon visits. Thankfully, I was scheduled to lead chapel at Riverview Estates in the morning, and so decided I’d get a short walk in on my way 1….
