Defeat
We had high hopes. This was supposed to be the year, but it was not to be. There are two high schools in my town. You can imagine the rivalry is large. This is especially true for the sport of football. Our cross town rival has defeated us eight years in a row, but […]
Voice
One of my blog readers asked me a couple of days ago if my blog was a private thing. Her comment caused me to ponder. The blog is public in that anyone who knows the address can read it any time they like. On the other hand, it is located in a very obscure […]
Poverty
Yesterday, a woman I met pulled me into her world of poverty. She had recently moved to the city to escape her abusive husband who would lock her in their place of business at night. She hitched a ride, pawned her wedding ring for $10, and moved in with her sister’s family. The determined […]
Finishing
Today, I finished a six-month education program. Whenever I finish something I almost always have conflicting emotions. On the one hand, there is joy that it is finished, that I have accomplished something worthwhile. Simultaneously, there is an emptiness that betrays the loss of something important to me. I walked away from the program […]
Distortion
We rely on cameras to produce an exact replica of what we think we see, but sometimes they distort the reality. This historic building in Miami, OK is changed through the wide-angle lense of the camera creating the rounded effect you see here. I chose this picture today because of a realization I had […]
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