The submissions for last week’s theme – STILL LIFE: Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest Becky Perkovich A Becky Perkovich B Dawn’s Weekly Poem: Still Life In this still lifeNo one to understandIn this still lifeNo one to hold your hand In this still lifeWe walk the road aloneIn… Read More »RWPE #25 – Still Life
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” -William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar) With all due respect to Shakespeare, this line from Julius Caesar has always bothered me. It has always bothered me because I don’t think that it is true. In fact,… Read More »Memory is Private Literature
COLORFUL did light the imaginations of several people. Here are this week’s submissions: Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause of Impassioned Versifier Debra Krause Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Justin Whitaker of American Buddhist Perspective Mike Vest of Waxen Media Dawn’s Poem Colorful Brighter thoughts fill the… Read More »RWPE #24 – Colorful
Not Sent for Slumber I took the Not Sent for Slumber photos on a very beautiful Spring night after eating at Jeff’s Pizza with Shannon. It was also the same night Teresa and I found out the lineup for Stephens’ 2010-11 season. The lineup ended up being mostly disappointing, with… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 22
This past Sunday was Hedgegeddon (pronounced Yardegeddon in the Jansonian dialect) and it was a complete and utter disaster. It rained all weekend (or so it seemed) and the rain didn’t stop for Hedgegeddon. In the end Hedgegeddon Round 1 – You Win this Time Mother Nature! was a complete… Read More »Holy Hollyhocks!
Apparently STRONG doesn’t get many people’s creative blood boiling. Only 3 submissions this week. Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause We ripped the ripcord on the Random Generator and it sputtered, then it fired it up and then it spit out this week’s theme: COLORFUL Hopefully this theme will… Read More »RWPE #23 – Strong
Today is Shannon’s birthday, so it must be time to wish her a Happy Birthday with a few pictures of the young lass! So to summarize, Happy Birthday Shannon!
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 21 was to take pictures at the Iowa State greenhouse. Where it Got Its Life Other pictures from this photo session: It is a beautiful facility and I recommend anybody that is on the Iowa State Campus during the day to check it… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 21
I had a pretty awesome Memorial Day Weekend and saw all of the right people. Plus, my grill got quite the workout. The weekend started with FNSC at my humble abode. The group core was there, plus Jesse and Dawn. Jesse, Willy and I hung by the fire pit until… Read More »Memorial Day Weekend
Last week’s theme really fired the imagination of some contributors as multiple people submitted multiple images for PAINTING WITH LIGHT. Mike Vest A Mike Vest B Christopher D. Bennett Carla Stensland A Carla Stensland B Dawn Krause A Dawn Krause B Justin Whitaker Dawn Weekly Poem Painting with Light Oh… Read More »RWPE #22 – Painting with Light
Loneliness is Underrated This is a bit unusual. Up until this week I have posted the Personal Photo Project of the Week in the order that the project was attempted. This picture of Willy was actually slated for a June 11th publishing, but I decided to slide it up a… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 20
Hot off the presses! The latest issue of The Taiwan Times. The Taiwan Times By Mark Wolfram Reporting on God’s Mission in Taiwan May 2010 20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within… Read More »The Taiwan Times – May 2010
I had Nate and Bethany staying with me this weekend. I let Nate choose my submission for RWPE and to be real honest, he actually picked my least favorite picture from the session. Regardless, I thought I would share a few more pictures from last week’s RWPE featuring a white… Read More »Euphony
With the big holiday weekend there weren’t many submissions for last week’s theme – HARMONY. In fact, there were only two. Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest The Random Generator has spoken. The theme for this week is: Painting with Light This one is kind of tricky and involves… Read More »RWPE #21 – Harmony
Theories Pass Derrick likes to tell a story (and I like to listen) about the album cover for Pink Floyd’s album Atom Heart Mother. This album features a picture of a cow. The story goes that the reason that this picture was selected for the album cover is that no… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 19
Every once in awhile somebody introduces me to something fascinating that exists in the world that I did not know about. Sara did this with PostSecret. Shannon did this with Six-Word Memoirs. Last week, Dawn introduced me to Day Zero. For lack of a better term, it is a Motivational… Read More »Day Zero
Here are the submissions for last week’s Random Weekly Photo Experiment – PANNING CAMERA BLUR: Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause of Impassioned Versifier Debra Krause Justin Whitaker of American Buddhist Perspective It is very exciting to have Debra as a first time contributor, even though she accused me… Read More »RWPE #20 – Panning Camera Blur
My goal for Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18 was to capture a tulip picture. I visited tulips in my Mom’s yard, my Grandma’s yard and in Pella. After taking a lot of pictures, the photo below is the picture that best captures my tulip vision. Amen Here… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18
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
Here are the submissions for last week’s Random Weekly Photo Experiment – LEADING LINES: Dawn Krause Mike Vest Teresa Kahler Christopher D. Bennett Becky Perkovich Dawn’s Poem Leading Line No come-ons were neededYou peeked into my soulWe saw each other clearlyAnd made each other whole No empty promises spokenNo need… Read More »RWPE #19 – Leading Lines
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