Painfully Hopeful

When I started this blog nine years ago I pondered the name I wanted to give it. I recalled the John Cleese movie, clockwise, which my pastor told me about while I was in college. In it Cleese protrayed a school administrator who was a time management expert, and was invited to teach others his…

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Sunset Stack

One of the features I most appreciate with my flashed router and DSLR Dashboard Setup is how easy it is to create set of bracketed exposures. When these exposures are combined, the best details from each can be combined, leading to a photograph no one exposure can present. I typically use this technique when I’m…

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The Pulse of Palmyra

Palmya, NJ is very much a picture of a town from a bygone era. Much of it is built between the Delaware River and the old rail line, harkening back to it’s history as a transportation hub, and much of its architecture is a reminder of that world. It is a reminder of a history…

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Finding Quiet In the Midst of Grief And Trauma

The other day one of my Facebook friends posted an interesting article on the impact social media has had on grieving. The gist of the article is about allowing families to disseminate news of their grief in their own terms, which is a good lesson to teach, but it was a sub-sub-sub-point which drew my…

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Unpacking A Brief Delay

“A Brief Delay” is another scene which I added in order to fit the way the story was flowing. There’s some cool things going on, so let’s unpack. Home? Sindy may have pushed Bug to make the offer of escorting Will home, but he really didn’t need much prodding. Bug thought Nobody’s plans for The…

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Fiction Tuesday – A Brief Delay

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes “Home?” “Yah, kid. That place I snatched you from? Most of the roads are blocked, but I think I can get you through. And General Isme gave me permission to try… if you want.” “But, what about all that stuff the…

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