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A picture is worth a thousand words. So goes the cliché.

Since 2022 or so, I’ve spent the holiday season wiling away my time digitizing old family photos. The process includes careful (one might say surgical) extraction of said photos from a prison of Scotch tape and photo album adhesive. More on that later. Then, for each one: I scan (often front and back, to preserve any notes, dates, names, etc.), digitally straighten and restore (via Adobe suite), back up via physical and cloud storage,...

Sumerians. Or, as they named themselves, the black-headed people.

Archaeological evidence suggests this civilization was humanity’s first. Records like the Sumerian King List (AKA the Chronicle of the One Monarchy) show that the Sumerians on some level agreed. Setting aside the cynical distinction between monarchs and peasants, leaders and led, etc., there is evidence that they viewed themselves as the first people, created and placed on Earth by the god Enki.

But, you might say, most cultures...

Light and dark.

What do those words make you think of or feel? Good and evil? Security and menacing? Work and play?

In the Raiders of Light series, one of the main themes is that light—driver of life, source of sight, etc.—in effect is a record of all things it has ever touched. Imagine a river of photons and electrons flowing through space, carrying with them the memory of every other atom they’ve passed through and around, ignorant of time and immune to aging. Granted, this is just a...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! My plan for the blog is to, starting in the next few days, post at twice per month in one of the categories listed below. I don’t have a sense yet of how much emphasis I’ll place on each category. Time will tell--maybe we'll do an audience poll once the site gains more following.

• The Yum. Food and drink from all over the world. I will try to only write about things I’ve experienced.
• Inspired By. The real world “things” behind my writing. Places,...

Light's Shadow (Raiders of Light Series, Bk. 1) was selected as a BookLife Editor's Pick!

Please check out the review on their website: https://booklife.com/project/light-s-shadow-95858