A Walk in the Fog

The weather forecast was calling for rain in our area yesterday afternoon, which again put a bit of hiccup on my goal to do some walking on afternoon visits. Thankfully, I was scheduled to lead chapel at Riverview Estates in the morning, and so decided I’d get a short walk in on my way 1….

A good day for a hike

On Monday I returned to Valley Green 1, probably for the last time this Fall. I got off to a slightly later start than I’d wanted 2, but I arrived in time to capture the best light in the gorge for this time of year. On this trip I decided to walk on the more…

Unpacking Introductory AI

Here is where the fun begins. I remember when I first wrote this passage back in 2011, trying to figure out what sort of nonsense I could throw into the narrative. Let’s unpack. Knocks which ring Bug pounding on the door, only to produce the sound of a doorbell, is pretty much par of the…

Fiction Tuesday – Introductory AI

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Bug marched up to the door and banged on it with a heavy fist. Will expected to hear the typical “thud” which he associated with door-knocking. Instead, he was startled when a bell rang each time the gnome’s fist met the…

Morning Light

Yesterday morning I stepped out my front door on an unusually warm October morning, and stopped as I reached the end of my front walk. There, lit up brilliantly in the morning light, was the most brilliant orange tree I’ve seen this Fall season. The angle of the Sun was perfect to isolate the tree…

I’m Kinda Over It

The other day I received a “church media catalog” at Central Baptist. This is, essentially, a rebranded theatre catalog with some “church elements” thrown in 1. As I paged though it, I found myself becoming more and more depressed. There were pages and pages of cool tech gadgets, each more expensive and feature-filled than the…