Painfully Hopeful

A Tale of Two Photographs

This past week I had several moments when I caught something with my eye and felt compelled to reach for a camera. I figured I’d share them to close out my blogging week 1. The first shows how you don’t necessarily have to have the best camera on hand in order to compose a visually…

Star Wars comes to Colonial Williamsburg

Over the Christmas break my family and I travelled to our favorite vacation spot, Colonial Williamsburg. Over the holidays the facades of the Historic Area are supposed to be wonderfully decorated, and wanted to experience this time of year first hand. The decorations were beautiful, and the weather was so warm I didn’t even wear…

Planning Week

This has been a rather unusual week for me. I am returning from vacation which is always an interesting experience. I’m wired in a way which makes changing gears a bit difficult. When I leave for vacation it takes me bit to unwind and enjoy myself 1. When I return from vacation my body sometimes…

It Awakens – The Return of Star Wars

When The Force Awakens first came out I said I needed to wait a week and a half before I could write about it – there were just too many spoilers to be had. Well, my embargo is long since over and I’m sharing my thoughts. So, fair warning, spoilers ahead. If you have not…

Unpacking Keeping Secrets

I really wanted to have Jeremy actually enter into The Ravine this week, but the characters had something different in mind. We did get to catch some glimpses of how this world is put together, though, so I found it wonderfully enjoyable to write. Let’s unpack. Walter’s tears Walter truly did not want to return…

Fiction Tuesday – Keeping Secrets

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 The path of Second Run continued to round the base of the small hill upon which Second Light stood. As the road continued to bend the travelers were granted a…