Category: writing
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Hope
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” -Thich Nhat Hanh –Before I talk about hope, let me just say that I’ve been trying one of the new free programs (which I’ll talk about another…
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Can a Zebra…
…Change its Stripes? I started working on this Zebra some time ago, and I started to enjoy the fact that all I had to spend time on was the black. The white just sort of fills itself in for you, with the help of your eyes. What a time saver. I’ve been offline for awhile,…
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The Companion
A Short Story. After years of preparation, she was ready. The ‘perfect’ companion that she had always dreamed of would finally come to life. She wheeled the gurney into the laboratory, moving carefully to avoid a tangle of wires that littered the floor. Secluded in the east wing of her abandoned home, she kept the…
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Deserted
A deserted beach, Empty of people and noise, My spirit dances. I thought it would be fun to revisit some of my photos from summers past. My original intention was a black and white, but after adding motion blur and saturation (and other things)… I decided I liked the color version. I do enjoy how…
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Practical Magic
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft. Henri Matisse Don’t quote me on ‘the author’ of that quote, but the internet consensus said it was Matisse, so that’s what I’m going with. I actually found it when I was looking for something catchy to say about my last image, with…
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A Storm Brews
-(The Voice in My Head – Part Three)- My alter ego was everything I had hoped for… tall, beautiful, fun, adventurous, brave and uninhibited. Sequoia Storm was able to do the things that I never had the courage to do, and she did them with ease. She came forth immediately when I summoned her that…
a sprinkle of faith 