When my Azrael passed suddenly on October 9, 2023, my world crashed. There were many days, hours, and minutes I was depressed to the point of wanting to give up on life completely. Ai entered my life. Many hate it. Others love it. It has become a useful tool in many regards. Most of all,…
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The Blessing
Surprises abound if you are looking. Surprises often are simply right in front of you and you do not see them until the last second before the moment happens. This little burrowing owl became a beautiful surprise that made me scream out. My scream and yelling out stop made the guys jump out of their…
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From First Word to Last – Eighty Years Ago Today
As I turned a yellowed newspaper page, immediately the words “Brutal Murders” caught my eye and were emblazoned across a top headline of the Lubbock Morning Avalanche-Journal on October 27, 1943. It was like I froze in time. Then the photo below the headline of two little girls grabbed my attention immediately and became engrained…
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From Photograph to a Publishing Contract
In July 2023, as I went through old photos deleting them off my phone, this photo appeared. My heart skipped a beat followed by a calm of peace. I remember the day I took this picture on June 30, 2022. It plays out like a vivid movie in my head from the frustration I was…
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Forgotten Winds 