I wonder if Cory Doctorow's desk is as messy as mine...

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

I performed this "I Write Like" analysis on a large excerpt of my most recent short story. I love this kind of thing, but of course the cynic in me is already wondering if I analyzed ten different pieces, would it spit out ten different results?

I'm off to familiarize myself with Doctorow. :)

Getting Married on the Red Carpet...

Hmmm... sounds glamorous right? I only wish. Not for me of course. This title is actually referring to the fact that so many churches are lined with m&m red carpeting!! I don't get it. It doesn't seem particularly celestial or soothing to me. I would say one of one hundred weddings may have something red in their theme, flowers, dresses, etc. Result? Clash! I have looked at so many of my pictures, praying that the bride prefer black and white, so I can banish that hideous red!

Red does not go with sage green, creamy white, royal blue, peach (gasp!)... or many of the other popular wedding colors we see nowadays. Even when I do one of those striking red weddings, it never seems to be the same or even a complimentary shade to that of the faded old jelly bean every where you look. I just hate to see my beautiful brides, gorgeous grooms, fantastic flowers... slightly imposed upon.

I guess I am just curious. I am also perplexed, though I am sure no one smokes in the church, there are also several with the same tobacco yellow walls! Was there a clearance sale at Sherwin Williams? Hmmm... I just thought of the candles. Nah.

Please do not take offense, thinking I am speaking ill of churches near and far. I truly am not. I love church, love the people and the prayer that takes place within them. I guess I just scratch my head. It's the square peg in the round hole; the very red, square peg. ~

Meet me in Tulsa...

This week marks a big step in the business, maybe mostly in my head, but that's where everything lives anyway. I have branched out and acquired some advertising in the Urban Tulsa publication. To have the experience, know how, income and excitement of a photographer in a bigger city, I have to be in the bigger cities. This is a first step to that. Let's cross our fingers. I am trying to turn my PDF to JPG so I can show everyone my beautiful ad! :)

On the homefront, I have added to my unfinished projects, "Lived & Lost at the Montgomery County Poor Farm." Borne of one of my cemetery quests, I never even knew our county had a poor farm. Opened over a hundred years ago, almost three of the buildings are still standing, albeit among a mountain of debris and neglect. My heart is breaking of course, due to the Poor Farm Cemetery, hidden beneath the disarray, lost souls, lost stories. So I have moved this project to the forefront, racing against time to discover the stories known only to our community elderly and anyone they have told. A little bird told me that the property may be sold and refurbished, at least cleaned up. Of course I expressed huge interest in fixing up the cemetery, fending it in, signage, etc. It is my intention to create a book for the library & museum, compiling all the data from all sources, so future patrons have it at their fingertips. We shall see.