Calling attention to my photography website, where people can view and purchase the best of my photography:



http://bluerosesphotography.com



I have posted six new images in the Floral gallery - all of them taken from a brief walk at Highland Park, near the reservoir.



The name "Blueroses" is taken from Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie." "Blue Roses" is the nickname that protagonist Jim Wingfield gave to his… Continue

Thinking about all the things I didn't have when I was a child...



I didn’t have friends or siblings or parents who got shot or stabbed to death.



I didn’t have parents who beat me or any of my siblings, of which I had four.



I didn’t have parents who were drug addicts or alcoholics. In fact, I never saw them drink any alcohol. Ever.



I didn’t have parents in jail.



I didn’t have a father who beat my mother, or vice versa.



I didn’t… Continue

In the past few days there has been a lively discussion in the 19thWCA yahoo group regarding the problems we have with neighborhood kids who persist in being disrespectful towards us, to the point of making life in the Ward extremely unpleasant.



Unfortunately the discussion itself has become extremely unpleasant, particularly for me. I have no intention of adding to a flame war as that serves no useful purpose and directs problem-solving energies into pointless anger.



But… Continue