Painfully Hopeful

Mother’s Day Sunset

We had unending rain yesterday, which made Saturday a bit of a “meh” afternoon. Sunday, on the other hand, has been rather nice. I was able to head out with my neighbor on a nice photowalk and capture a choppy Delaware River. We did have heavy band of rain pass through in the late afternoon,…

Decorating

Central Baptist has a Portuguese speaking sister congregation, IBC. They’ve been part of our family for almost two years, and have brought an brilliant energy to our fellowship. It’s amazing to encounter how our different cultures tend to work, and how we compliment one another in many ways. One area in which our Brazilian family-members…

Outraged

I’ve been alive 2000 years and I’ve never had time for the luxury of outrage. The above is one of the more brilliant lines from the latest season of Dr. Who 1. The Doctor spoke it to his companion, Bill, when she wanted to scold him for accepting the death of a child. He didn’t…

Close Up

My friend managed to open up my 500mm reflex lens this week in order to clean the mirrors, so I wanted to see if it improved my shots at all. The results were mixed, I would really like to pick up a 500mm autofocus lens at some point, but I did manage to capture these…

Unpacking Rolling Out

Things are moving fast now, and The Realm is a lot closer to collapsing than its inhabitants realize. Let’s unpack. We Need Him I’ve been trying to figure out why Sills wanted to bring Fineflin along. He exists as a stand-in for the Elves we were originally going to meet in the Board of Governors,…

“The Middle” – A Haiku

Regressives one way. Oppressors are opposite. The Center is choked. Much of my life has been a struggle with not fitting in. I’ve written before of how I never quite understood social cues as a child, and even though I’ve learned how to “read” a room I’m still uncomfortable in social situations. I feel my…