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Best Advice for a Frustrated Writer, Plus Three Book Reviews! wtprobert / 2017-09-21 An esteemed and long-time friend of mine recently read a healthy chunk of the novel (?) I’ve been working on all year. We discussed a number of things working and not-working with it (incl...   More
Smelly wheels: In search of alternatives / 2017-10-20 Visual representations of smell are one of the core themes of our presence on Instagram: Wheel, circle, and pie have recently appeared as recurring and influential visual metaphors. The fragranc...   More
Week 2/52 cmcd0911 / 2018-01-11 Since the last post, I kept trying to figure out as to a time when I was going to be able to put together the second week’s self portrait. Every single day, I was coming up short –...   More
Photo Shoot: The Ice Storm Pazlo / 2018-01-16 Crystal Blooms We had freezing rain fall for two days, painting everything with a bright mirror-like coating. Everywhere I looked, the world was transformed into something magical. I told my ...   More
Light Field Photography: Part 1 arealwookie / 2018-01-21 Light Field Photography Animation on Vimeo. A light field photography animation based on raw file samples from Lytro’s website. The images were originally shot on a Lytro ILLUM digital ca...   More
Love the Way You Lie: The Dangers of Romanticizing ‘Crazy Love’ bohemianstqueen / 2017-04-24 Rihanna and Eminem’s 2010 hit “Love the Way You Lie” narrates the course of a physically and emotionally violent relationship. Many advocates for survivors of domestic violence viewed the song ...   More
‘Food: A Cultural Culinary History’ Book Review scribblermendez / 2017-10-05 Mount Readmore Book Review, 2017 76/100   Food: A Cultural Culinary History By Ken Albala Audiobook edition, Narrated by Ken Albala Finished on 8/22/2017 Goodreads Description: Eating is an indi...   More
Mini-interview with Jordan Elizabeth, Author of Path to Old Talbot, and My Review Susan / 2017-04-24 In time for Mother’s Day, comes this newly-published YA story of mother-daughter time travel,  Path to Old Talbot, by Jordan Elizabeth (March, 2017, 202 pages). Whereas some people mig...   More
Kissed by Literature: A Collection of Short Stories by Jordan Elizabeth Dave Higgins / 2017-09-08 Elizabeth layers nuances of character, plot, and world onto the basic frame of a fireside mystery to produce tales that capture the universal fear that danger lurks just beyond the light without...   More
Runners and Riders by Jordan Elizabeth Diane Riggins / 2017-12-19 I have had the pleasure of reading this book and it’s great. It’s on sale right now for $.99. Go check it out and grab a copy.   More