Painfully Hopeful

My Happy Place

As Christmas nears, and my schedule relentlessly attacks my soul, I find myself being dreadfully tired. I’m much due for a break, and one is coming, but there’s still a lot left to be done before I can rest. So, as weariness creeps in, I find myself going to my happy place. I love Williamsburg…

Vestigal paradigms

I’m having one of those weeks which is so mentally exhausting it’s difficult to write anything of length. I’ve got a couple of posts lined up, but they’re flowing out sounding much more pessimistic than I actually am. So, as I revise those works-in-progress I wanted to share this image. It was taken just after…

A Celebration

Yesterday I attended a retirement party for someone who has been my “partner in crime” with ABCNJ – Rev. Vernl Mattson. It’s been nice having a fellow geek up in the region office, especially since I’m not able to be there every day. Vernl covered many of the tech support calls I could never get…

Fiction Tuesday – Night Flight

Fiction Tuesday joins a story already in progress. If you’d like to catch up on Welcome to the Valleys, the first section can be found at this link Ama turned to the party, “Do as he says. Go and grab your packs.” Everyone but Kaitlyn stood up and followed her instruction. Michal stepped past Walter…

I promised myself I wouldn’t do this…

I promised myself not to do this. I really did. I’ve been bitten far too many times to get suckered in to the trap again. At least, that’s what I told myself. I’m actually excited to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I don’t care that the prequels were bad, or that J.J. Abrams’ last…

December Rose

After the attacks in Paris and Beirut I created an image which imposed the flags of France and Lebanon upon a hand outstretched in welcome. And then comes California, and I wondered what to do. Part of me thought I should create a collection of these images. Each time I became aware of a mass…