Tangled Web

The photo below is from my Saturday photo walk. There was an old catamaran down by the Riverton boat house, and I strolled over to capture the vessel with my camera. There I discovered the spider web depicted below. It had rained the night before, and the web hadn’t been exposed to sunlight by the…

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Oh, hey!

Yesterday morning I went out on a morning photowalk and discovered a locale I’d not before noticed. On Main Street in Riverton is a home with the yard elevated several feet above street level by use of a retaining wall. This allowed me to get near ground level without having to crouch down very much….

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A Funny Thing Happened…

Back in March I was invited to participate in a Habitat For Humanity dedication ceremony. It was a pretty cool event, and I was honored to be included. I thought that would be the end of my direct involvement with Habitat for a while 1. It turns out this was not the case. Several weeks…

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Living and Loving Donuts

Several weeks ago Palmyra’s social media chatter was abuzz with a new topic. A new donut shop was opening up in town. This is the type of news of which small towns are made. What’s the big deal about a new donut shop? What sets Live Love Donuts apart is their philosophy. While there are…

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Unpacking The Way Out

I must say, writing these past two scenes has been quite fun. I’ve never written much action before, and I find the tension it creates a great motivation. For those who slogged through Welcome To The Valleys on this blog, the action in Penny Gnomes is helping me work out how the sequel will play…

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Fiction Tuesday – The Way Out

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes It took close to four hours to reach the outskirts of the Satire Shield after the remainder of the convoy linked up with the First Guards. The Guards were holding a defensive position which had a link to the city, but…

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