I want to sit down less in 2016.I sat down a lot this year.. Whether it was due to work, due to personal habits changing, or to my body aging, I found myself on a couch a lot more than I did walking, jogging, or being active. I want to change that. I also want … Read moreHOLD ON TO 16 AS LONG AS YOU CAN
This is my original artwork.. it’s my nostalgic Christmas postcard to you. The scene I drew in this picture, several years ago actually, is gone now. It is of the former St. Ignatius Church in Centralia, PA, a place I attended Christmas midnight mass for several years when my life began. The road signs are … Read moreTHE NOSTALGIC IMAGE OF CHRISTMASES LONG LONG AGO
My box of nostalgia.. This is the week to view it. Review it. Pack it up.. Close the 2015 section and begin anew. I really have one. I wonder if you do, too? This box of nostalgia is both healthy and unhealthy. I searched through it tonight. I have memories dating back 20 years. I … Read moreMy box of nostalgia I really have one. I wonder if you do…
We are all on a road to nowhere I took this image today around 5pm this afternoon.. I made it black and white, despite the impressively beautiful sunset that gave the sky a very red and orange aura.. For some reason, escaping from the colors and throwing in the doledrums better fit the image of … Read moreTHE ROAD TO NO WHERE. IN BLACK AND WHITE
I went to the grocery store tonight to pick up a few things for dinner.. As I meandered around.. it was typical. I could not really find anything of interest. Most products were too expensive. I haven’t eaten meat lately so nothing looked appealing. I ended up getting a sandwich at a shop up the … Read moreSalvation Nation Army Carneys
I went to an auction today.. a bit of an emotional roller coaster sort of began and ended at the right time in my life.. at the moment when I understand things better than before.. at a point where I can forgive, forget, and focus nostalgic memories when needed for perspective. I went to the … Read moreTHE FINAL ALMA MATER IN AN ABANDONED SCHOOL
I am entering the mid-30s.. (shhh, I am sort of already in my mid-thirties, but it sounds good pretending I am just starting) .. And throughout my life since birth, I saw my town of Centralia go from populated to ghostly.. I have seen each and every single grade school and high school,I went to … Read moreTHE LIFE AND TIMES OF A FALLING CHURCH
There is always debate: Halloween or not.. Each and every year, a variety of people holding a varied amount of opinions decides to opine over the Halloween trick or treating season.. they talk about ghosts and ghouls. This year, we are also greeted with DESTINATION AMERICA presenting a ‘real’ exorcism–not of a person, but a … Read moreDarkness falls: The reason for the season
Samhain practice run. Success. But I’ll need more force for the real day.
Before you take another bite if that hot dog, you may want to read this. A shock report is making cravers of the highly unhealthy “food” like product think twice: There are reports that HUMAN DNA is being found in the meat. The source of this: A real and valid group, quoted by actual news agencies.. … Read more