Fiction Tuesday – The End Of All Things

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Will didn’t like the sound of Nobody’s pronouncement. Neither had Sindy, who wheeled angrily toward her father. “And what do you mean by that?” “Hmmm? Oh, well, yes. There is a down-side to every government contract.” “Dad, what did you do?”…

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Why All The Footnotes?

Many of my blog entries contain footnotes which, if read, change the reading experience for that particular post. This past weekend I found myself pondering why I continue to use this technique in my writing 1. The Origins My inspiration for using footnotes the way I do springs from several sources. Terry Pratchett As I…

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Light in the Fog

As the temperatures rose last night, my fellow “shutter hubby” and I decided we should hit the street and grab some pictures. The fog was so thick we didn’t need to leave our block to capture some interesting sites. You can see my full SmugMug gallery here. My favorite from the set is actually an…

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Land of Ice and Snow

Today brought the first Winter storm of the season to the Philly area. Overnight it began as snow, but by the time sunrise came the temperature had warmed significantly and the precipitation had turned to rain 1. The end result of this change over in our neighborhood is an inch or so of slush on…

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The Coming Celebration

What follows is an edited version of my sermon on James 5:7-11, with some brief thoughts on the first six verses of this chapter. While I’ll be concentrating on verses 7-11 in this message, for us to do so we’ll first need to give a bit of context. The fifth chapter of James, up to…

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Why I’m not part of “The Resistance”

Since the election a significant segment of my social circles has become increasingly concerned, and not without merit. The United States of America has elected someone who is shaping a government meant to enrich both his own pockets and those of his social strata. What’s worse, a significant percentage of the people who will be…

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