Monthly Archives: January 2026

Pole From the Fence

There are a few photos of this utility pole without fence in view, but this is the one that I feel works best. Can’t tell you why, but I find it far more appealing than just the pole in the … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 232: Thoughts, Some Repeated

Alright, so I have about ten minutes and so I’m going to do a little bit of racing. Have been meaning to write a lot more this month than I have and it hasn’t been happening. Lack of sleep and … Continue reading

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Right, then Left

I’ve driven this bit of road a good few times now, though not nearly as much as I’d like to have. It makes for a good bit of driving, and it’s a road that helped me realise something about myself … Continue reading

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A Poem About Searchers

This is about something specific, but I’m intentionally obscuring it as it’s on my to-do list for writing about. In the interim, I churned this out and it reads about as well as one would expect from something rushed. I … Continue reading

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The Binding Roots

There’s a patch of vegetation on the dunes I recently was walking around that kind of looks like an island. It comes with a nice bit of shade and that shade is definitely welcome, but I was more interested in … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1555: The Break is Over

The holiday now comes to an end and so there’s a need to get back to work… and a need for me to get back to working, I suppose. Was the break long enough? Never is. Do I feel refreshed? … Continue reading

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MS Paint Self-portrait, January 2026

I started this nearly four months ago. Had been meaning to complete it, but life and whatnot. Anyway, when I came back to this today I tried to focus more on the shadow… once I cleaned up the lines a … Continue reading

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Sign of Activity

Whilst recently on sand dunes with the person I’m seeing, we walked over to a small grouping of vegetation that looked almost like an island. They saw a few cicada shells around and pointed one out to that they were … Continue reading

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In Front of the Rise

With this photo I was trying to make the hill behind the vegetation look massive. It didn’t quite work, but there’s a nice framing it provides, I think. I hope you enjoy.  

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Colour in the Clear

Another sunset photo at dunes, but a little different. I named this due to the way the sunset seems to run horizontal. Of course it doesn’t – that’s patently visible – but the main concentration of colour looks like it’s … Continue reading

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