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AIRPORT STANLEY
Almost half a century ago, when my brother and I were little, my father would pack us up early on a Saturday mornings and take us out to diners for breakfast. Next stop would usually be the...
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EXISTENTIAL ANGST
Have you ever thought about your transformation? You know… from who you were to who you are; from who you are to who you will become. Then it got suggested to me that transformation is not an issue of...
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IT MUST BE A SIGN
I was stopped at this red light the other day… that just wouldn’t turn green. As I sat in traffic I wondered maybe if this was a sign that there was something there that I should see. Why else wouldn’t...
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GAY MARRIAGE
I had heard this story one time about the world’s greatest maintenance man. He worked at a huge apartment complex and anytime something broke or needed repair, he would swoop in like superman and save...
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CARNIVAL LEGEND
At my current assignment there is a wandering Chaplain. He has no office, no financial objectives to meet, no ROI; he just wanders the workplace in the early morning and late afternoon hours looking...
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DECAY WEAR
When my oldest daughter was a little girl, she adored finding junk in the street and bring it home and turning it into some kind of jewelry or art. Some smashed up piece of rust that had been run over...
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GUESSED SPEAKERS
I was viewing a list of photos with remarkable titles or captions and wanted to create a few of my own. Could I make up a tale that would add equal or even ballpark impact to my humble pictures? The...
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HOT CARS
What are you great at? I’m told that I’m one of the most creative people that anyone has ever met, but what does that mean exactly? Does it mean that I truly am in that elite 2% of the population that...
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SWEATY SNAPS
So last weekend I went hunting for shots. The conditions were a little hard to describe. Think oppressively hot, like leaving the comfort of your car’s cool air conditioning to step into a steamy heavy...
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USED TO BE
I once read somewhere that we are only capable of seeing ourselves in other people and other things. What we see in another person or how we perceive the world is limited by our own capacity and...
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OUR NATURE
This weekend was an odd series of days, themed around a family of ducks who decided to nest under a prickly bush outside my front door. The daddy duck stood guard on the front lawn, watching for...
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PINCH ME
Long ago, in a place far, far away, I lived in an urban tenement building basement, gotten to through a little Hobbit-like doorway under the stairs. The only window was in front, allowing people to...
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SEARCHING FOR STANLEY
This past weekend I had a chance to wander down by Tampa’s Bayshore Blvd. I put myself in the usual magical state of conception and cried out to the heavens, “show me a sign”. Just when I thought it...
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PASTRY PERSCRIPTION
Crooked glasses, balding, lonely and in his late 50s, Sal drags around 65 pounds of gut flap, spare tire and man boobs, that he just doesn’t need. Every flight of stairs he walks up causes him to lose...
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VOID OF VISION
I walk and I shoot. It’s nothing glamorous nor anything a more aspiring person would enjoy… but it’s what I do. I shoot for scenes but always feel frustrated that most scenes portray everything in...
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BLESS ME FURTHER
Bless me further for I have sinned. It’s been almost 3 months since my last blog posting. Somewhere between celebrating my birthday, celebrating the birth of my second grand child and opening my new...
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ART BY OTHERS
Late one night, this past week, a bizarre event occurred. I had been thinking about how busy I’d been and how I had neglected my art. Too busy to shoot. Too busy to write. Too busy to just giggle about...
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HERE TO THERE
It’s time for a new car. My lease is up and I’m looking at the continuous showroom that patrols every road. Obviously the Cadillac Escalade Pickup has everything anyone could want for $72k. The...
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SNEWSING
Sometimes watching the news can be a bit much. If it doesn’t bleed it doesn’t read. We choose what we want to think about. Sometimes I turn the volume way down and step away from the distant dreary...
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CATS AND TATS
A long time ago during one of many hunts for the elusive Manhattan Sky Lion, I found myself on Wall Street, and in the distance I saw a single stylized lion-head sculpture, mounted high on the side of...
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