The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.
- Neil Gaiman

I have tried to start this post three or four times. I keep changing my mind about where to start. Do I start with the email from a photo editor last October? Do I tell you the [...]

James said the scars were on the inside.
You wouldn’t be able to tell by looking at him,
how much pain he was in.
He looked happy, he looked healthy,
He looked alive.
Most people never heard him complain.
If you asked how he was he’d say ok.
However, the scars are on the inside.

I said I had heard it all before
It is was not a lie, not this time.
I had heard it from her before.
It didn’t hurt as much the second time.
Scar tissue can do that to you.
One day you stop feeling all together.
Of course I know she was lying this time.

Sunday I graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Economics.
Lots of people showed up, and it was very nice.
Yesterday I got a copy of the a book in the mail. The book features nine of my photos in it. Amazon has the book listed, but doesn’t have it listed as being currently available.
My good [...]