Thoughout much the course of Welcome to The Valleys it’s been my practice to post the continuation of the narrative on Tuesday and follow up with my “unpacking” on Wednesday. This week was different. This week a character died. The ending of “Intruding End” was supposed to happen on Tuesday, but I found myself running…
Category: Thoughts
Season’s End
This is always a strange time of year for me. After Labor Day a switch gets flicked and the Jersey Shore begins to prepare for a sleepy off-season, swim clubs lock their gates until the Memorial Day, and the semi-relaxed pace of Summer is tossed away as everything 1gears up for a “return to business2.”…
Team Headache
Last week, Colin Kaepernick, after struggling publicly with the plight black Americans for some time, decided his conscience required him to make a stand. So he remained seated during the playing of the National Anthem during a 49ers preseason game. And the Internet lost it’s collective mind. First, as the name of that end of…
On Photography
I’ve found photography to be a hobby with a benefit beyond the wonderful images it produces. It helps me pay attention to the world around me. Now, I typically notice this benefit when I’m without my Nikon and see something which makes me say, “I wish I had my camera right now!” But before I…
Late August River
Last week, between my recovery from my stomach bug and the oppressive humidity, I wasn’t feeling up to walking out and about to take pictures. I managed to see my daughter’s show, and get some pictures of the production, but I like to be “out and about” when I photographing the world. This week, however,…
Workflow Fun
In my Saturday post I described a blogging workflow I created to use with iOS Scrivener. It’s been most helpful, and I’ve even created a version of that extension which adds the default introduction for my fiction Tuesday posts. I can’t wait to test it out this week! Workflow is one of those apps which…
