Painfully Hopeful

Fiction Tuesday – Inclined to the mountain

Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link It took their party much of the morning to escape the full sprawl of The Ravine and its environs. As they walked the city slowly came to life, and the…

Sunrise

Today is the final day of my Summer vacation, so I decided to wake up early and do something I have always wanted to do. I captured images of the sunrise. I fell out of bed around 5 AM, got dressed, and prepared my gear for the shoot. I’ve not been out with my 40mm…

Healing Hands

My wife and I visit Pennsbury Manor with some frequency. We find this reconstructed Summer estate of William Penn to be a wonderful way to spend a few hours. The Manor hosts several programs throughout the year, and we try to attend as many as we can. On these tours we’ve gotten to explore how…

Eagle Eyed

We took The last full-day trip of our staycation yesterday. Friend’s of ours have vacation home in Chesapeake City, Maryland and have been inviting us to come down for the last couple of years. We finally took the opportunity to visit. Their house is located in a small wooded association of homes. As part of…

Soda bliss

Wednesday evening my wife and I went out with some friends to a coal fire pizzeria in Westmont, NJ. My neighbor and I had been there two weeks earlier as part of our guys pizza quest, but Bricco Pizza was so good we had to take our wives back to enjoy. They have the best…

The Memorial

I began my calling as a pastor only a few months before the September 11th attacks in 2001. The images of that day still fill me with horror and sadness. I’ve never been to Ground Zero, despite several trips to New York City – though one day I’ll make the journey. During our trip to…