I had my, what could theoretically become, annual Birthday Barbecue on Saturday. I would like to thank all of the people that attended and made the evening special: Bardole, Shannon Bennett, Charlotte Cousin, Amy Daniel, Jeffrey Degeneffe, Austin Degeneffe, Melissa Degeneffe, Scott Dill, Colby Dill, Dan Dill, DJ Gorshe, Derrick… Read More »A Small, Intimate Gathering
I woke up on Saturday morning and decided today was a good day to do yard work. I don’t normally reward myself because just being me is quite its own reward, but I knew that I wanted to work up an extremely healthy appetite for the night’s dining. I was… Read More »Vacation Day 8 – The Cinema
When I originally was planning my vacation I had set aside this day to make a road trip. I didn’t know where I wanted to go for sure, but I knew that a trip to Wilton and their old timey ice cream parlor was definitely on the list. I had… Read More »Vacation Day 7 – Couch Time
Here are the submissions for last week’s theme – WILD: Dawn Krause A Dawn Krause B Michael Vest of Waxen Media Christopher D. Bennett Carla Stensland Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey There were a couple of late submissions for FEET. They can be seen on the… Read More »RWPE #18 – Wild
This is the first Personal Photo Project of the Week where I didn’t actually take the pictures. I just designed them. Sara was kind enough to take time off from her studies to come up and take these pictures that graced my birthday barbecue invitations. These pictures are not presented… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 16
I woke up early on Monday morning. I’m not sure if it was the excitement of the forthcoming trip or if the rumors of Greg McDermott’s departure were so exciting to me that I was like a little kid on Christmas anxiously awaiting the chance to rip the wrapping paper… Read More »Vacation Day 3 – Guinea Pig Denial
I am told today is a monumental day for me. Although I already celebrated the event of today, a couple weeks back with good conversation and a bowl of popcorn, I feel that I should at least pass on a small bit of advice today. “Some things are just better… Read More »JF Day
On Day 2 of my vacation, 1 of my major accomplishments was getting Willy and Derrick together and moving a tub. We borrowed my uncle Butch’s truck and picked up the tub from Toby’s backyard. The tub used to be a planter and since it was raining all day, the… Read More »Vacation Day 2 – The Tub
The submissions for this week include the youngest contributor to date. I’m not sure of Scott’s exact age, but I know it is south of double digits. I should really know his age, considering I helped plan the guest list for his birthday party. Dawn Krause Michael Vest Scott Krause… Read More »RWPE #15 – Long Exposure
Perfectly Themselves I Perfectly Themselves II These pictures would end up in The Fail Trunk in my basement if they were any more than just digital images. However, because of the failure of these images, I have figured out the error of my ways and now know how to light… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 12
No. 1 This picture is the first in a 6 part photo series. I don’t know if this was the exact pose that I wanted, but it is kind of a Gorshe family trait where they do something I really like in the test shots. A point that I will… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 11
“You see the smile that’s on my mouth It’s hiding the words that don’t come out And all of my friends who think that I’m blessed They don’t know my head is a mess. No, they don’t know who I really am And they don’t know what I’ve been through… Read More »The Story
I cited a FNSC ending in My Great Shame a few journal entries back, but I never indicated what was My Great Shame. A few people already know about My Great Shame because I exposed those people to it. I’m not sure if I exposed them because I wanted them… Read More »My Great Shame
This has been a week where I have unexpectedly walked down family history lane. That continued this morning when I went over to assist in the installation of my Mom’s new fridge. She showed me a newspaper clipping from the February 6 edition of the Boone News Republican. The clipping… Read More »Family History Week
I had decided to shave all the way down to a dirty naked face last weekend. It had been over 3 years since my chin had tasted air and felt the rays of sunlight. My chin was dreadfully dry and desperately in the need of some moisturizing. Lots and lots… Read More »Punch Myself in the Face
I haven’t been as active blogging lately. There are several reasons for this absence. I have been spending most of my free time organizing the basement. When I completed this project I moved on to the upstairs. I am on the verge of being quite downsized. Hopefully this project will… Read More »Regression
Shattered Dreams My mom came over to my house a couple of days after I made this image and was horrified to find broken mirror all over my dining room table. She asked how the mirror got broken. “I hit it with a hammer. Well actually Jay hit it with… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 7
Those with good memories will remember a few months back when I wrote a series of blogs about groups that I am in that have matching shirts. The keenly observant will recall that I said there were 5 such groups, but I only posted blogs about 4 such groups. I… Read More »A Phenomenal Week
This is entry number 750 in this online journal. I’d like to take a little bit of time to archive some data. It is one of my peculiar imbecilities that I love meaningless statistics. Therefore, consider these statistics: Every journal entry falls into at least one of sixteen categories. This… Read More »Number 750
The Solace of Ordinary Humanity Although this picture is named for the following quote from the enigmatic John Ruskin: “Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.” But the story of this flower is actually more akin to the Tennessee Williams quote: “The violets in the mountains have broken… Read More »July
Today is a major holiday! Today is the day that Iowa State plays Minnesota in the Insight Bowl! I thought I would celebrate this major holiday by sharing some of my favorite pictures from the season. It is one of the greatest days of the year. Today would be a… Read More »Happy Insight Bowl!