Always desire to learn something useful.
-Sophocles (poet)
I love to read. I love to read so much, I have a backlog of books I want to read saved as a wishlist. It’s crazy, but what I can say? As much as I love reading books, I also take pleasure in reading [...]
A plinky.com prompt: what are your 3 top hobbies?
When your hobbies get in the way of work – that’s OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves… well.
-Steve Martin (comedian)
I’m tempted to answer this prompt with an “I don’t know” not because I don’t have any [...]
I’ve read many times that revisiting older posts is typically a good idea. Not only does it allow me to see how I have progressed as a writer, but it also allows new readers to read an old post. With two years of posts published, I’ve decided to start revisiting old posts – with one [...]
As seems to be the unwritten tradition of all peoples regardless of their profession or state in life, I hereby partake in the year-end recap of all things 2011, and all things I hope to look forward to for 2012.
Memory is a fickle thing, and despite trying to remember what I can from the [...]
What is leisure time? In more juvenile of terms, what is summer/spring/winter/holiday break?
In my still-developing mind back in grade school, breaks usually meant unfettered free time and being told to get out of the house. It meant camping trips down by the river, fishing trips, beach trips, visits to gramps and grams, skiing, etc. [...]

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Feedback, where art thou?
When I first started this website, I had a mish-mash of ideas of what I wanted it to do. I wanted it to be a space where I could share my photographs and my thoughts. I also wanted a place where I’d have conversations with the internet world… except, feedback is something my website – [...]