Writing

How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 John Ford film about life in a Welsh mining town. It was adapted from the 1939 book of the same title written by Richard Llewllyn. The original intent was to [...]

Jerry Jeff Walker passed away. From an interview #paulschneider and I shot some years back.

I have been very under the weather and have found that staying inside, hydrated and warm is the best remedy. So, I went looking for pirate gold in the outer rain bands of a hurricane.   [...]

Friday’s walk didn’t quite go as planned. First off, I knew about the dangers of the drug Bath Salts, but on the walk we encounter some and man were the dogs and me surprised. First off, someone [...]

“Avoid irritation more than exposure to the sun…In the tropics one must before everything keep calm.’ . . .” ― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness It was years ago, right around the run [...]

I went looking for a quote from Joseph Conrad and found too many. Often, I need to find someone else’s words to find my own. “It’s extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, [...]

Ever have one of those days? One of those days that starts off like any other day but then it takes a serious left turn? Take today for example. I’m just hanging out minding my business. Staring [...]

…but once I was on the edge of the world. The highway was one lane. The bus too big for the road. There was no stopping here. The shoulder was a steep fall into the sea. I took these images [...]

I did not get much accomplished yesterday. I tried. I did stuff. Much of what I did was wasted effort. The dogs were happy that I took them for a nice long walk. I then took a second walk to [...]

Don’t mind the nails, it’s just our way of saying, “Ring the bells”. Did you see the bells? We were going to put up a sign that said “Ring the bells” in case [...]