Politics And More

Reflections on Taking School Pictures

November 20, 2012

This year I’ve taken a part-time seasonal position with a national firm taking pictures for student IDs and yearbooks in public and private schools here in central Ohio. Over the past three months I’ve photographed at least 8,000 kids ranging from pre-Kindergarteners to grade 12 [read more]

Poetry

Inspiration

October 21, 2012

I rarely attend Workshops or Conferences for Writers, even when I am not broke. For some reason I was inspired to attend the Writers’ Ink Conference (organization website no longer exists) held yesterday. The price was reasonable and the guest speakers included poets and authors [read more]

Politics And More

Rabbits as Easter Gifts

April 6, 2011

My final essay for a college-level English class; this one (written in March) required researching an issue and then drafting a letter to a local newspaper or an official who could address the subject. You can read it as a pdf file here. Although the [read more]