Painfully Hopeful

Out of the Shadows

Over the course of the last week most of the color has departed from the trees. The yellow’s are still hanging on, I’ve noticed they tend to appear later in the season, but most of the remaining leaves have turned brown or have fallen to the ground. Such is the nature of mid-November in the…

The Day After

So what did I do the day after the election? Well, I can’t say I wasn’t a bit depressed. Not because I was looking forward to a Hillary Clinton presidency but because I find Donald Trump’s policies to be utter madness. But I still had to function and be the presence of Christ where I…

Unpacking Actually Actualized

We’ve tiptoed in The Realm for a few scenes, and now we begin our long descent into quirky oddness. Let’s unpack. Breaking Convention The references to narrative convention are absolutely inspired by the likes of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Jasper Fforde. I make no apologies for this, but given the story’s setting it’s also…

Fiction Tuesday – Actually Actualized

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes When Will woke up he found himself lying on an old, pea-green, sofa. Narrative convention dictated he should have had either an ice-pack on his head or a cup of cold tea sitting by him on a table. Professor Nobody neglected…

Exploring Color in Lightroom

I’ve been exploring different adjustments in Lightroom lately, and have had some fun playing with color adjustments. Yesterday, as I was looking for an image to use as a background, I came across a photo I’d taken a few years ago with my old Canon DSLR. At that point of my photography hobby I was…

In Remembrance of our Savior

Throughout the course of this presidential campaign I have grown more and more distressed at the state of Christian political involvement in the United States. From Evangelicals abandoning their decades long assertion only moral people were acceptable as candidate for office to Progressive Christians willing to spread rumor and innuendo because it supports their vision…