My LIfe in Bullet Points?

I miss coming here to write. And yet I don't feel like I have much of anything to say when I check in here. Doesn't seem like I have any great insights that are begging to be shared, no interesting stories to pass on and no photography to share.

Here are a few things that have been going on:

• I have been taking an online photography class which has been informative and fun.

• I bought a laptop to replace my old desktop and I really do like it.

• I've lost 7 more pounds in the month since I last officially weighed.

• My youngest child turned 18 last Sunday.

• My son had his three year anniversary of being clean and sober a couple of weeks ago.

• My eldest child is back in school pursuing a teaching certification after graduating a few semesters back with a degree in Criminal Justice.

• I'm still liking my job in the Psyc Dept of the local university, in spite of the mounds of paperwork involved.

Meaningful Work

Somewhere along the way, I kind of lost track of my meaningful work. I'm trying, now, to get back on track.

Cutting Scars

Those are rust marks that I thought looked like musical notes. It occurred to me that many of us regularly and destructively cut ourselves to pieces without ever having a knife in our hands. That is wrong and we shouldn't do it.

He has roused himself...

I spotted this verse when the preacher was talking about something else from Zechariah and I liked it, so here it is...

I think I have a couple of other new ones to post too. I will get around to it sometime soon.

I got a new laptop and I am loving it! My old computer had gotten very tired and worn out. It was past time for a replacement.

Rough Sunday

We had a man fall out in church at the beginning of the service this morning, not three feet from where we sit. People did CPR and prayed and when the ambulance people arrived, they gave him oxygen. I think he was already gone when they loaded him on the stretcher to take him to the hospital. It was an unsettling event. The man was alone, his wife was recently committed to a mental hospital. He had been under a great deal of strain recently. I don't know if they had any children or not.

Another Experiment

I really loved the way this one turned out. It was a pleasant surprise.

Something Different

I read about a new technique in Photoshop and decided to try it. I likes it!


Thanks for your comments on the statue in the mausoleum. My favorite is the one where he is centered. In centering him, I blocked a big glass window at the back of the hall and a skylight above his head. I was there, looking at the statue and it was hard to know what was going on! It looks like someone is kneeling and holding onto him, but the bodies at the bottom part of the statue kind of merge together so it's hard to tell. I do think there is a lot of symbolism in the piece. I might have to go back for another look. This time around, I was working with trying to get the photo shot with all those windows around.