A Picture and a Verse – Spring 2022

Day 1 – Sunday, March 20th

A train grinds like an organ
I sense its colossal weight
like a blind fish
rumbling in the deep, dark waters
.


The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my fourth, 100 Day Project on March 20th, 2022. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything (or nothing at all) and to post a photograph that I took this spring.

Enjoy!

One French Word A Day – Spring 2022

Day 1 – terrifiant


The Learning French 100 Day Project – Sunday, March 20, 2022


I’ve been studying French on and off for about a year. My interest in the language began when I started reading classical French novels by Balzac, Dumas, Flaubert, Stendhal, and others. I’m also a budding armchair historian of the French Revolution. In 2018/19, I spent Christmas and the New Year in Paris. Bonne Année !!

French is a beautiful, musical, romantic language, … and I’m keen on learning it.

For the next 100 days (all of Spring 2022), I’ll focus daily on a French word and use it in sentences. The results of my efforts will surely be hilarious, peppered with errors, and unequivocally bad French … but you gotta have the freedom to fail.

So, without further ado … let’s learn French! Allons-y!

MOT DU JOUR

terrifiant, terrifiante (adj.) : terrifying

MES PHRASES RIDICULES


Le monstre était terrifiant. (The monster was terrifying.)
Il a lu une histoire terrifiante sur le ciel qui tombe. (He read a terrifying story about the sky falling.)
C’était un film terrifiant sur un meurtrier sinistre. (It was a terrifying film about a sinister murderer.)






The 2022 Photo Journey

January 1st through January 20th

Recently, we took a trip to New Orleans. Here are some are random shops from that trip.

365 Photo Journey – A Picture a Day for a Year

Take a picture a day for an entire year. Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and post it to your blog. Here are some reasons why you should try it, too.

The 2021 Photo Journey

August 18th through August 28th

Some more pics from Chicago. Enjoy!

365 Photo Journey – A Picture a Day for a Year

Take a picture a day for an entire year. Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and post it to your blog. Here are some reasons why you should try it, too.

The 2021 Photo Journey

August 7th through August 17th

Some pics from Chicago. Enjoy!

365 Photo Journey – A Picture a Day for a Year

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The 2021 Photo Journey

July 23rd through August 6th

Some pics of the neighborhood and downtown Indy. Enjoy

365 Photo Journey – A Picture a Day for a Year

Take a picture a day for an entire year. Apparently, this is a thing. Consider it a challenge, a journal, or a journey (I prefer journey). Take a picture a day and post it to your blog. Here are some reasons why you should try it, too.

The 2021 Photo Journey

July 3rd through July 22nd

A hodgepodge of things: the neighborhoods, Mister Kitty, a water tower in South Whitley, and on the circle in downtown Indy.

365 Photo Journey – A Picture a Day for a Year

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The 2021 Photo Journey

June 20th through July 2nd

Just walking around the neighborhood.

365 Photo Journey – A Picture a Day for a Year

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The 2021 Photo Journey

June 2nd through June 19th

Pictures from the Indiana State Fair, the Feast of Lanterns, Cincinnati, Addie, and around the Cottage Home Neighborhood.

365 Photo Journey – A Picture a Day for a Year

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The 2021 Photo Journey

May 22nd through June 1st

I’m pleased to present some pictures taken in Beaufort, NC this summer!

365 Photo Journey – A Picture a Day for a Year

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