I don’t usually run THE SELFIE PROJECT in back to back years, but since I took a break from it for a bit in 2021, I decided to make an exception and bring it back in 2022. Before getting into my favorite images from January of 2022, I want to… Read More »Selfie Project – January 2022
#LOVE has proven to be a popular theme. Which is good, I’m glad so many people have #LOVE in their lives. Heading into the 4th week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, these were the current streaks: + Logan Kahler – 1 week + Layla Gorshe – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 333 – #LOVE
So far TRIANGLE has been a fairly popular theme. In fact, it was a record setting theme! More on that later. Heading into the third week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, these were the current streaks: * Mike Vest – 1 week * Michelle Haupt – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 332 – TRIANGLE
It appears that ROCK was a fairly popular theme. There were a decent amount of submissions. Heading in to the second week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, these were the current streaks: * Micky Augustin – 1 week * Linda Bennett – 1 week * Monica Henning… Read More »WPC – WEEK 331 – ROCK
As we are about to kickoff the 9th Year of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (birthed into this world kicking and screaming as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT) I thought we could look at what we accomplished as a community in Year 8. + There were 866 total submissions by 35… Read More »WPC – WEEK 330 – BLACK + WHITE
Here we are. The end of Year 8 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. There were 866 images submitted this year. Smashing the record set by Year 7, 807. Hopefully we break the record again in Year 9. To have a look at them, click on the link below: WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »WPC – WEEK 329 – EDUCATION
I’ve decided to do the SELFIE PROJECT in 2022. I usually don’t do this in back to back years, but I thought I would give it a shot. Here are my favorite SELFIE PROJECT images from December: December 1 December 2 December 3 December 4 December 9 December 11 December… Read More »Selfie Project – December
ODD CAMERA ANGLE has proven to be an oddly successful theme! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Andy Sharp Submitted by Andy Sharp – Photo by Don Lester Angie DeWaard Bill Wentworth Christopher D. Bennett… Read More »WPC – WEEK 326 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
RELIGION turned out to be a fairly popular theme. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Bill Wentworth Michelle Haupt Tamara Peterson Christopher D. Bennett Teresa Kahler Kio Dettman Shannon Bardole-Foley Micky Augustin Andy Sharp Cathie… Read More »WPC – WEEK 322 – RELIGION
At this time, BUSINESS doesn’t seem to be a popular theme. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Tamara Peterson Christopher D. Bennett Teresa Kahler Teresa Kahler Kim Barker Shannon Bardole-Foley Carla Stensland Micky Augustin Bill… Read More »WPC – WEEK 321 – BUSINESS
On Sunday I completed another successful month of THE SELFIE PROJECT. One thing that always happens when I look back at a month’s worth of pictures I’m always surprised at some of the things that all happened in the same month. That? That happened this month? I thought that was… Read More »Selfie Project – October
Reminder this is the last day to submit ideas for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme. Leave you suggestions in the comments section of today’s journal entry. It looks like a few people have people they consider to be a HERO. But you didn’t come here to listen to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 320 – HERO
Last Friday night, as soon as the whistle blew ending my shift in the computer mine, I took off like a shot for Indianola. I was going there to take pictures of Kyle’s last football game, but I was also going there to try a new tenderloin. The Iowa Pork… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Indianola Field Work
Last Friday night the Boone Toreadors travelled to Indianola for their final game of the season. Andy asked me to attend the game to take some pictures of the final game of Kyle’s career. We supped and then I went to the game through the first half and then called… Read More »Boone at Indianola
REMINDER!!! This week and next week are you chance to help mold the next 52 weeks for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. To do that leave suggestions for themes in the COMMENTS section of this here journal entry. There were some good suggestions last week and one truly terrible one. Terrible… Read More »WPC – WEEK 319 – GREEN
Last Friday Andy asked me to come to the Boone football game to get a few pictures of Senior Night. Andy’s son Kyle is the QB on the team. Fellow email subscriber Aaron’s son Jayton is a WR on the team. At one point in the game Kyle threw a… Read More »Boone 58 Perry 0
Need to start today by wishing everybody a Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day and remember F*CK Christopher Columbus. For raping 9 and 10 year old girls. For the murder of 8 million Arawahs, while enslaving them. For cannibalism. For feeding babies to dogs. For using biological weapons to kill 97 million… Read More »WPC – WEEK 317 – TIME
Although there isn’t really a youth group at the church right now, Andy was able to rustle a bunch of kids to help the Methodist Women collect items for their annual rummage sale and help tear things down after it was over. Other than an unfortunate run-in with a douchey… Read More »Methodist Women’s Rummage Sale
Despite it being late in the year and FLOWERs not necessarily being in abundance this time of year, FLOWER ended up fueling the creative fires of quite a few people. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 316 – FLOWER
Yesterday I completed another successful month of THE SELFIE PROJECT. I don’t know I did a lot in September, but I guess the pictures will tell the story. Here are my favorites from September: September 3 September 4 September 5 September 6 September 7 September 10 September 11 September 12… Read More »Selfie Project – September 2021
WORK turned out to be a pretty popular theme. I knew many of you out there were hard WORKers! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Jesse Howard Micky Augustin Andy Sharp Bill Wentworth Carla Stensland… Read More »WPC – WEEK 314 – WORK