Christmas Cat

Happy Holidays! I hope you are all having a great time with your families and friends and pets. Give the little furballs extra treats and hugs! Pets can detect emotions, so the cheer will spread to them too, if you let it. Don't leave them out in the cold!

Caged light

Something about this light caught my eye. It struck me as so bleak that I stopped for a closer look. I liked this picture at first because of the symmetry, but then I started to imagine all kinds of symbolism, as writers tend to do. A dull sky and a prison-like wall, and a light …

Pictures–they are fun?

I have been taking lots of photos because my new phone has an amazing camera... maybe they will show up here? Photos on a writing blog?? What is the world coming to... I think photography is similar to writing in that you take a situation and slice out the portion you want to show the …

New things

I got a new phone, with all kinds of fancy new features that my old phone doesn't have. I wonder how long it will be before I take them for granted, and couldn't imagine a phone without them... Technology moves only a bit faster than we are able to get used to it...

mind realestate

The more responsibilities, and worries, and stress, and plans and work you have going on, the less free space you have in your head for creative thought. It becomes a depressing trap. The spirit is withered by the dull grind of daily life. You can't think about an alien world or a mystical dragon because …