THOSE LAZY, HAZY, CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER                         We are slowly getting into summer, a few hiccups but the weather is mainly hot and sunny,  time to climb out of bed early to start my day while it is cool.  Linger under the sheet too long and the day is getting warm and soon it is […]

Serious Seriously? That is to question the validity, solemnity, gravitas, genuineness, believability and severity of something. Is this seriously true? Do you seriously mean that you want me to do what you just asked of me? Serious is not just kidding, nothing comic about it, true and not to be made little of. Serious matters […]

THE ROSE He wasn’t begging, that much she had observed, after seeing him several times in various locations around town. He was using a dirty piece of green rag to pull an old metal grocery cart. The cart was loaded down with what appeared to be his earthly possessions. A deflated balloon hung forlornly from […]

  Building or Wrecking? I stood on the street of a busy town watching men tear a building down. With a ‘ho, heave, ho’ and a lusty yell they swung a beam and a sidewall fell. I asked the foreman of the crew, “Are those men as skilled as those you’d hire if you wanted […]

by Sandra Smith Coming down the hill Note to photographers – context – a picture of a cloud is one thing A picture that is a painting and tells a story is another thing.