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Nostalgia is a curious creature. It sneaks up on you in the most unexpected moments, like when you stumble upon an old action figure buried deep in the basement or hear a familiar theme song that instantly transports you back to a simpler time. I still feel great emotional attachment to cherished franchises from my…
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This is one of my favorite covered bridge photos that I’ve ever taken, the front view of the bridge leading into Quechee Village in Hartford, Vermont. She is a rather dignified structure, bold and angular. She’s seen thousands of tourist selfies, no doubt, a minor character in so many Vermont vacations. Her rich, weathered wood…
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Perhaps I have always been a bit too obsessed with round numbers, those symmetrical, whole figures that seem to promise completion, contentment, and ever-elusive satisfaction. I know I’m far from alone in being struck by this notion. In the online world, round numbers are extremely sought after, especially when they count followers, subscribers, or page…
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I’ve always been rather fond of covered bridges, but Dummerston Covered Bridge in particular deserved a photo edit with moody vibes. This charcoal effect I used with Corel Painter creates the kind of image that says, “I grew up in a postcard, but now I haunt it with unresolved seasonal trauma and a taste for…
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I once journaled about a thought I once had on divine accidents. Specifically, I was pondering the circumstances of our births being a sort of “divine accident”. I don’t believe that this was my original idea. It was likely placed there by someone at an institution of “higher learning.” What exactly is a “divine accident?”…
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These two signs on the same pole are a memorable artifact of a North Conway, New Hampshire campground that was turned into condos some years back. It’s delightful in the best kind of bizarre Americana way. What’s already a perfectly amusing sign turns into the absurd with that Corel Painter touch I’ve given it. The…
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Happy birthday to Jess of the Shire! It turns out that she shares a birthday with celebrated fantasy fiction author Terry Pratchett, albeit a half century apart in birth year. While Jess is mostly known for her Tolkien related content (obvious by the screenname) she has dabbled in other areas of fiction like the Dune…
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In the twenty-first century, every waking moment for a content creator is calculated towards appeasing the ever-hungry beast known as the algorithm. What a time to be alive! Forget about tortured artists starving for the sake of the craft; now, we have hustlers fueled by energy drinks, furiously tapping out tweets at 2 AM, all…
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Thanks to my best friend showing me and gifting me a license of the Corel Painter 2023 program, I’ve decided to revive many photos from my past. While I’ve always been a bit leery of using AI-powered photo editing software, the results with what the software can do with particularly old digital photos is marvelous!…
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In 2003, I wrote many short essays as part of a weekly homework assignment. One of these has hung around in my archives for many years, a more substantial piece called “Life is Not a Grade,” a whimsical yet insightful expedition into the notion that our existence cannot — and should not — be quantified…