With only a few days left in my two week evaluation of SmugMug I was faced with a decision. Would I opt to pay for SmugMug, which lacks features I really enjoy but has some huge plus sides, or would I coast with what I have on Flickr and hope someone reputable buys the service…
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.
Reverse Schedule
This morning was a bit unusual for me. On Thursdays I typically start out by playing taxi for my wife and kids as they get off to work/school 1, then I come home to shower. Once I’m “presentable” I sit down to work on my sermon. In the afternoon, then, I’ll typically make some pastoral…
Unpacking Down the Alley
We’re almost to the introduction of my favorite Penny Gnomes character! This short interlude offers some insight to the absurdity of The Realm, let’s unpack. No Entry There really aren’t supposed to be any non-gnomes in Great Roll. The last wizard 1 who travelled to the city was, indeed, on trial for counterfeiting. Sometimes dwarves…
Fiction Tuesday – Down the Alley
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Will and Bug walked through the streets of Great Roll for about fifteen minutes. Everywhere they went gnomes would stop and stare at Will as he passed, and the attention made him extremely uncomfortable. “Bug.” “Yah kid?” “You said the gnomes…
What a Day
This morning the light was wonderful, I decided to head out and take some pictures before the Sun rose too high. And then I discovered my camera batteries were dead. Slightly bummed, I plugged a battery into my charger and headed out about 45 minutes later than I wanted. The light was harsher than I’d…
The Bank
Yesterday afternoon I went out on a pastoral visit, and brought my camera along for the journey. Many of my pastoral visits are within walking distance, so it affords me a change to get some exercise and take photographs while fulfilling my vocational call. I took an indirect route home after my visit and was…
