Today was “Palmyra Day,” a day-long festival down broad-street. It’s a lot of fun. There’s various rock bands, lots of climbers for the kids, a dunk-tank, and all sorts of civic organizations are out to represent their aspect of the town. I typically don’t stay long. First, I’d spend too much money and over-eat. Second,…
Category: Thoughts
Just my general thoughts on things.
Reaction culture
As I’ve written four drafts on this post and could make none of them work, I’ll just issues some short thoughts for today. A reaction is a direct result from some external stimuli which tends to heighten self-importance, establish our own rightness in our psyche, and seeks out enemies which much be “dealt with.” A response…
Desperately Seeking Catharsis
As I watch the great struggle in Baltimore unfold 1 I find myself saddened once again. “The System” is not just, people feel lost and hopeless and angry. There are emotions deep within people which have been stoked by experience, and reinforced over and over and over, for which our culture has no constructive avenue…
The best lightbulb
Today’s post is something I’ve been pondering a a couple of days. The most profound insight I’ve ever had is understanding how little I understand I guess I could comment more, but I think I’ll just leave this here as a “mental chewable.”
Project Night
Tonight was a new experience for me. For the past eight years my wife and I have gone to the elementary school’s “Project Night.” It’s a nice evening for parents and their children to visit their classrooms and see a display of all the projects they’ve done over the course of the year. It’s a…
Down to the River, an HDR Sunset
I’ve been wanting to head down to the river for a few days with my camera/tripod/nexus 7 setup to do some HDR photography as the sun set. So, when the clouds broke yesterday afternoon I grabbed my gear and headed down to the river with a friend. The setup worked beautifully. I took two sets…
