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Final print draft shipped & up for sale soon!

by Edward Atkinson on March 27, 2009

Yesterday, the final print draft of Documenting the Unseen was shipped! We should have it in our hands by Monday at the latest, Saturday at the earliest.
If this version is printed without a problem, then we’ll publish it and put it up for sale immediately! The first people to know when Documenting the Unseen is […]

Places

by Jacqueline on March 26, 2009

Lily girl told her mother she didn’t know place,
that place marked a spot to stand.
She said, “Mama, you can find grits anywhere,”
and took off West.
Weeks later Mama’s standing in the kitchen
Filling Lily’s spot with extra dishes,
a letter comes from California
and she’s begging for a package:
“Grits, biscuits, and honey, please.
Mama, the people are real nice,
but they […]

Off the Beaten Path

by Lindsey Charlton on March 24, 2009

This morning I had every intention of stopping at Starbucks on my way to work.  There’s one really close to my office, so once I’m safely past the rush hour traffic, I can take it easy with my coffee and a bagel or whatever until I have to be at the office.  So that was […]

Important Status Report

by Lindsey Charlton on March 15, 2009

Ohmygoodness!  The chipmunk from my last post … I saw him again today.  He sat on the rock on our porch for a few minutes, and he didn’t move.  And then he put a bit of something in his mouth and chewed it, his left back leg started twitching like crazy, and he bolted out […]

Nothing to Write About?

by Lindsey Charlton on March 13, 2009

Sometimes when I think I want to write about something, I feel kind of lame.  I tell myself that, well, I don’t really have much to say.  There’s no interesting philosophical idea floating around in my head, nothing interesting has happened to me lately, it’s just been another normal day in another normal week. I’m […]

What I learned in college: A recent graduate’s reflection

by Jacqueline on March 11, 2009

College encapsulates time.  An advantage for those truly seeking to extend knowledge, a negative to those who use it to simply extend their adolescence.
That college doesn’t automatically transform someone into an adult.
Your major is probably the least important decision you make while in college.
The most important decisions you make are the daily choices.  Each decision […]

We continue trying

by Jacqueline on March 9, 2009

Photography allows us to believe we can own someone’s beauty.  We spend all this time, adjusting the lens, walking around in circles for the best lighting, just for the perfect capture, like we’re out poaching elephants on a safari.   Of course we both know that we can’t hold someone’s beauty in our hands the way […]

What to do when a strange animal appears in the shadows

by Lindsey Charlton on March 4, 2009

I was driving down a dark back road tonight and thought I saw the strangest looking deer-like animal ever.  It freaked me out.  I thought it was going to walk into the road, in front of my car.  But it was creepy because it’s body was twisted funny even though it looked like it was […]

Sometimes the truth is
Not what you want it to be.
Is it ever what you expected?
No, probably not.
Are you okay with that?
Are we meant to create truth or
Are we meant to find it?

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