“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
The submissions for last week were a little bit slim, but I think there are some good submissions in there: Dawn Krause Michael Vest Christopher D. Bennett Dawn’s Poem Signs Follow the signs of your heart They tell me that way’s better Tissues falling to the floor It seems the… Read More »RWPE #12 – Signs
Before I delve into this week’s PPPW, I want to pass along some sad (not real sad) and fairly technical news. The way I have always posted entries into this journal is through a blogging company known as Blogger. It is an awesome program and it allows me to write… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 3
Sometimes when I’m driving to the Computer Mine in the morning I eat an apple for breakfast. When I get out of my car I like to throw that apple into the woods before I descend into the Mine. I do this because I figure that the apple is better… Read More »Throwing Apples
This picture was taken on the Lost Lake Trail. A place that is well documented to be one of my favorite photography retreats. I particularly enjoy taking frog photos in this locale. This picture was selected by Jill for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest: Jill Selects Frog Although Jill liked… Read More »February
Marcel Proust Quote: “We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or chemical laboratory in which chance steers our hand sometimes to a soothing drug and sometimes to a dangerous poison.” Confessions Question: Your favorite colour and flower. Confidences Question: My favorite colour. There… Read More »Proust Questionnaire Number Three
The day before Halloween was a very special Friday Night Supper Club. It was special because I hosted it, The guest list was expanded, we had Casey’s taco pizza and Jay made the dessert. Why these special things occurred can be traced back to one thing. At that FNSC I… Read More »The Jupiter Chronicles
A few weeks back Becky picked up a new (to her) dog. She brought it over and we communed over a photo shoot. > She is a Great Dane, if you were wondering.
I was on vacation last week. I had a few mini-adventures. Here are some pictures from one of those mini-adventures. If you have specific questions about certain pictures, I am willing to answer direct questions. But the answer will be in 5 words or less.
I was pleasantly surprised by Jill’s choice. Since I had decided to have all people of the female persuasion pick the photos this year, I thought a frog picture would get very little love. But Jill came through for the frog. “It’ll Do Fine” I actually struggled with the naming… Read More »Jill Gorshe
I spent a good portion of Sunday at Ledges. Unfortunately, the place was packed, but I was able to take some photos.
I have a bush in my backyard. In fact, I have several bushes in my backyard. But one of those bushes is special. That one bush holds a nest. Recently the eggs in the nest started to hatch. Out of those eggs came baby grackles. I’m a long time hater… Read More »Memorial Day Backyard
More than a bit behind. Some pictures from Day 2 in Arizona. The day mostly consisted of bumming around with Jesse’s family. We saw a few random Cubs. We had dinner with Colleen and Kirk.
On Sunday night we took Jesse out to Buffet City to celebrate his birthday. Ever since that night I have had the song The Crawdad Hole stuck in my head. You get a line and I’ll get a pole Honey! You get a line and I’ll get a pole Babe!… Read More »Thelma and Louise
On Saturday Night I met Jeff and Yin in Des Moines for Supper. Although I was horribly sleepy when I got home on Saturday night two things reinvigorated me. I took a brief 30 minute nap. I watched the Paul Rhoads press conference. It was very refreshing to see a… Read More »Saturday Night
This is just a random image. I thought you might find it interesting and you might want something interesting after the story below. On Tuesday a few of us miners went to Pizza Pit for lunch because a new employee allegedly loved chicken wings, but as it turns out, he… Read More »Muskrat Carcass
I spent most of Monday with Sara. We started the day by lunching at Fresh Cafe and Market. It is an interesting little restaurant in West Des Moines that is only open about 20 hours a week. They specialize in serving an organic menu. We started the meal with a… Read More »Ottumwa
Last Sunday I had some unexpected free time when I got fired from a friend’s photo project. That is right I got: A career change opportunity Discharged The Pink Slip Dehired Canned Downsized Let Go Outsourced Made Redundant Skill-mix Adjustment Released Walking Papers Shown the Door The Ax Terminated Sacked… Read More »Volt-face
My Aunt Linda is renting out her acreage. This has caused her to get rid of some of the things in the acreage. I benefited from this downsizing by getting a sweet new table. Aunt Linda So I got Steve and Jesse together and we drove over to the acreage… Read More »Dear, Beloved, Precious