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The Algorithm Is a Rooster Named George
When the Rooster Meets the Duct Tape and the Coffee Mug Why I let him flap, squawk, and peck my toes every single time. Every Tuesday, a rooster named George tries to kill my career. He’s not real, not technically. George is the algorithm — loud, territorial, and convinced the barnyard belongs to him. Every time I post…
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Indoor Water Management
If you see a hose in my kitchen, mind your business. Tiny Porch is handling an indoor water situation the only way she knows how: coffee first, duct tape ready, hose deployed. The chicken is standing by as a witness, because it’s learned the hard way that plausible deniability requires documentation.This is not a home….
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Wildflowers by the Wayside- Landscape Study Panel002
I painted this on a 5.5 × 8.5 sheet of cold press 140 lb paper. No washi tape. No frame. No “plan.” Just me trying to shove my brain into a different room for a while. Decision point: sometimes you just have to figure out when to stop. I lined up my usual watercolor brushes—0,…
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The Greenhouse Defense
How I Solved Trespassing with Photosynthesis It started with tuna. Not metaphorical tuna, not some deep literary symbol about scarcity or generosity — no, an actual can of chicken-of-the-sea I cracked open because hubby works as an ambassador for the United Backyard of Wildlife, where the semi-feral cats run a black-ops-style surveillance project. Apparently, their organization is also…
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Light, time, and everything else.
A Test That Accidentally Tells The Truth This image isn’t of what you think it is. And it’s not of what I thought it would be either. It started as a technical exercise. Contrast pushed and pulled.Lens distance tested. Texture chased instead of subject. I wasn’t trying to photograph something.I was trying to see how…
