Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Today is Easter, so happy Easter! Happy Easter! Rather than trying to write something about Easter, I thought I would just borrow a devotional written by the Bishop of the Iowa Methodist churches about fish. In Death, Shedding Life By Bishop Kennetha Bigham-Tsai Episcopal Leader, Iowa Annual Conference of the… Read More »The Infamous Tenderloin Tripleheader
Okay, so that journal title is highly inappropriate. Last night our Good Friday worship service was a Tenebrae worship service. The Good Friday worship service is the most somber service of the year, as it “celebrate” Jesus’ crucifixion. Both the Maundy Thursday service and the Good Friday service combined the… Read More »Tenebrae Good Times!
Today is Good Friday. I wish those who celebrate, a good Good Friday. Matthew 27:32-56 32-34 Along the way they came on a man from Cyrene named Simon and made him carry Jesus’ cross. Arriving at Golgotha, the place they call “Skull Hill,” they offered him a mild painkiller (a… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 3B
Today is Maundy Thursday. I hope this Thursday is the maundiest Thursday you have ever had. And if you know what maundy means, you know that sentence is nonsense. But joyful nonsense. If you are not familiar with Maundy Thursday, let me explain. Pull up a chair, but don’t get… Read More »Heart’s Content
Time to share the final collection of pictures I took while harvesting the town signs of Wapello County. Almost all of these are in Eldon. Eldon is a town that is most famous for being the home of the home that makes the backdrop for the most famous American painting… Read More »Wapello County Aux. – Vol. 3
I need to start the day off by wishing Andree a happy birthday. Happy birthday Andree! I hope your birthday is filled with joy, or at least as much joy as one can feel when they are in Houston, Texas. +++++++ Yesterday was the end of the college basketball season,… Read More »Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest
BLUE! A great theme! Everybody loves the color BLUE. But did a bunch of people love it enough to submit a photo? You will have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 27, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers… Read More »WPC – WEEK 394 – BLUE
Almost all of my food posts are about tenderloins. But I confess that I haven’t been tenderloining much lately. Would you believe I haven’t had a fried tenderloin this entire year? I’ve had two grilled tenderloins. One from Nite Hawk Bar & Grill in Slater and one from the Colorado… Read More »BurgerTime: Huxley Field Work
Wow! Iowa did it! The Iowa women’s team ended South Carolina’s 42 game win streak and shocked the world by a score of 77-73. Caitlin Clark scored 41 points. She is the first player in history to score 40 points in back to back tournament games. On Sunday at 2:30… Read More »5 Star Bridge
Tonight, at approximately 8:30 Central, the Iowa women’s basketball team will play South Carolina in the Final Four for the chance to play Sunday night for the National Championship. I honestly don’t expect Iowa to win. South Carolina is an 11.5 point favorite. They are the defending National Champion. They… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 3A
I’ve been gone for so long And how I missed you My heart was aching for home And then one night as I lay down Somewhere far from you I dreamt that I heard you call my name But my mind was playing games I knew right then that I’d… Read More »What Did I Ever Come Here For
Seems like a good time to share a second collection of images I took while harvesting the town signs of Wapello County. A good chunk of these were taken in Ottumwa, but a good portion is also taken in Agency, the sport where Iowa was “born”. Ottumwa Agency Eldon Here… Read More »Wapello County Aux. – Vol. 2
Both my free time and some decent weather actually aligned the other day and I managed to take Rodan139 out to stretch its wings (propellers). Unfortunately, it was a little bit impromptu, so the battery situation wasn’t great. I have 3 batteries for Rodan139, so I took it to 3… Read More »Rodan139: Beaver
EDITOR’S NOTE: MY WORK SCHEDULE HAS TEMPORARILY CHANGED DUE TO EXTREME SHORT STAFFING AT THE COMPUTER MINE. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE PUBLISHING OF THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST MIGHT GET MOVED BACK AT LEAST 30 MINUTES UNTIL THE STAFFING SHORTAGE HAS PASSED. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. It is the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 393 – COMPETITION
About the time this publishes Iowa’s (yes there is another university in the Cyclone State) women’s basketball team will be tipping off against Louisville for a chance to play in the first Final Four for any Iowa university since 1993. In that year, the Iowa women’s basketball team made it… Read More »Methodist Grillin’
I named this post Edward Grasshopper because I love grasshoppers and I like and am somewhat influenced by the art of Edward Hopper. I admittedly don’t know much about Edward Hopper the person, so I did a little bit of research on him and the most interesting thing about him… Read More »Edward Grasshopper
Day 2 in Las Vegas for the CMC was a long one. I only had a chance to take pictures before I went to the Planet Hollywood conference rooms for what would end up being an almost 13 hour work day. I’m a little bit embarrassed to say that I… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 2
I’ve been playing with ChatGPT a little lately. If you don’t know, ChatGPT is “s a natural language processing tool driven by AI technology that allows you to have human-like conversations and much more with a chatbot. The language model can answer questions, and assist you with tasks such as… Read More »I’ll Still Be There
Time to start sharing the next collection of images from my road trip to Wapello County to harvest their town signs. I didn’t spend that much time in Ottumwa because I’ve done some time in Ottumwa back in the day. But I did take a few pictures there. Chillicothe Blakesburg… Read More »Wapello County Aux. – Vol. 1
As I write this entry to “An Artist’s Notebook” this is the only time that I have taken Rodan139 out this year. It seems like every time I have a chance, the weather hasn’t cooperated. It has either been too cold or too windy. Or both. Seriously. The weather in… Read More »Rodan139: Harrier Marsh
PUPRLE! An important color in my life, but did it inspire a ton of submissions? You will have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 13, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): 1-Mindi Terrell – 4 weeks… Read More »WPC – WEEK 392 – PURPLE