The Old Gate

I still feel like I’ve been hit with a steam-roller, but I want to offer something on the blog today. You may recognize the above photo from the featured image I posted yesterday. This is, obviously, the full image. It’s an old gate found on the grounds of Hopewell Iron Forge, an “iron plantation” located…

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Expectation in Frame

I’m really not feeling well so my entry for today is this image, probably my favorite photo taken down in Williamsburg, VA. Framed in the image is one of the colonial re-enactors awaiting the fife & drums corps on the courthouse green. It’s a big event most days in the historic area, and one of my…

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I’m Sick

It hurts to swallow My voice is nonexistent cough, cough, cough, a-choo Yah, I’m pretty much sick and have lost my voice. Much to do and no energy to do it. I’d have some thoughts on this but my head hurts too much to think.

Larry Wilmore Shows up Nightly

I enjoy satire. This art-form, perhaps more than any other, holds a mirror up to society and says, “We are really screwed up.” I’ve been privileged in my lifetime to enjoy some of the best TV satire which has ever been produced. I grew up on The Muppet Show, came of age with The Simpsons,…

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Applied Imagination

Today’s post is a short story which takes place in the world I created for a novel I began several years back. One day, I’ll sit down and finish it just so I can say, “I wrote a novel.” It’ll never be published, but I can say I did it. The elevator door opened and…

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Lost and Found

This post was supposed to be my sermon for January 18, 2015. We had to cancel worship due to bad icing on the roads and sidewalks so I’m offering it here. Before reading on, please read Luke 19:1-10 so you have some context. Just like we read last week 1, in this passage Jesus heads…

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