Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Sneak Preview


Sneak Preview
Originally uploaded by CaptPiper.
This caught my eye in the fading light which I think gave it a softness and enhanced the blue color. I should mess around with it a littel in photoshop and see if I can't improve on the slight blur that mars it. But school has started and there is too much else that must be done.
Sigh.

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Dusk


Dusk
Originally uploaded by CaptPiper.
The Saline Fair has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It was there I saw blue ribbons won for high quality work. I was there I learned that too much of a good thing can make you throw up. It was there I discovered that just because you are a cute little six-year-old girl, it doesn't mean the carnival man will let you win the big stuffed cat - he will take your sixty-cents if you gamble it. It is there I return year after year to know that nothing has changed. Not really.

Friday, September 09, 2005

The Sun Goes Down on My Summer


The Sun Goes Down on My Summer
Originally uploaded by CaptPiper.
ON Labor Day I felt the final cuts of the knife on the threads of my freedom, severing it from me and carrying it away for 9 months. Before it faded away, I immersed myself in it, riding my bike, talking to strangers, wading in the river, and taking photos.
Now I am teaching again, which I do enjoy - it's just the stress of deadlines that make these chain imprints on my forehead.