Painfully Hopeful

Kindness

I am not a “nice” person. Deep down I’m rather miserable — prone to fits of depression and bone-aching weariness. Coming to me for “warm-fuzzies” is not a good idea. I’m not even good at propping up my own ego, much less someone else’s. But I do try to be kind. I try to…

Making a panorama

I am on the board for our local Baptist assisted living and nursing home, Riverview Estates. As such, I try to be involved in the life of the community there 1. This week my involvement down at the home helped me practice some Lightroom skills. Riverview has a mural painted in it’s Administrative hallway which…

Lens Compression

A week or so ago I read a post about a photography technique known as “lens compression.” Perhaps the best known use of this technique is in the creation of “giant Sun” photos, where a silhouetted figure in the foreground is surrounded by an enormous giant orange disc. At it’s core, lens compression is about…

Unpacking Pow-Wow

What’ll happen to our characters, now they’ve been captured by the Lawyers of the Copyright Horde? Things are getting interesting. Let’s unpack. Stand of the Red Boots We won’t see them again, they’re red boots. It was a noble effort, and some of them escaped back into the Satire Shield, but both surprise and firepower…

Fiction Tuesday – Pow-Wow

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes What happened next remained a blur in Will’s mind for years to come. A sergeant ordered the Red Boots to deploy and engage the enemy while shouting, “Sir, get the reboot team out of here, we’ll hold them off!” Someone grabbed…

Testimony

Given how the events of this past week have affected my heart, I’m going to do something I’ve not done for years and share my testimony 1. My childhood – as with many of us – was a mixture of happy, confused, angry, and sad 2. I was part of a big extended family, and…