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4 January, 2024

Tracking Down My Very First Home (One-Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

It seems a silly question. But how many people really know where they first lived after birth? I thought I knew, but was wrong. My House of First Remembering My first memories a...

1 December, 2023

410 East 65th Street

By Gerard Exupery

Whatever the reason, my telephone fell off the wall regularly, and I used tape and gum to effect repairs. When the handset gave up, I used my stereo headphones for the receiver....

20 September, 2023

Everyday Abstracts: A Frank Benson “Splatter-work” (One-Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

In 2018, our friends Peter Engeldrum and Carol Keller invited Kate and me to spend a few days with them on Maine’s North Haven Island. It proved to be a more productive v...

15 September, 2023

A One Shot Story For Battle Of Britain Day

By Peter Roberts

Cutting a channel through the chalk of the North Downs from its source near Sevenoaks to where it joins the Thames near Dartford is the River Darent. Retaining the river’s...

30 August, 2023

A Pheasant Surprise (a One Shot Story)

By Jukka Reimola

This past spring I was in my study one day, desperately trying to bring a little cosmos to the prevailing chaos on my CD shelves. My study is situated to the rear of our h...

19 July, 2023

The Drum Room (a One-Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

During a brief period of unemployment more than 20 years ago, I offered my untrained photographic services to my sister-in-law Nancy. She was a leading realtor in Coldwell-Banke...

12 July, 2023

The “Blue Hour” from On High (a One-Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

This article’s title is, I think, appropriate. I shot the photo as our Lufthansa Airbus 340 winged its way from Boston to Italy (via Frankfurt) last May. Jetting east lik...

5 July, 2023

The “Pheasant Whisperer” (a One-Shot Story)

By Dave Powell

Last May, Kate and I enjoyed a two-week trip through Italy’s spectacular Lake Region– just south of the snowy Dolomites at the Austro-Swiss borders. And at 11:44 on...

Gary Smith on Not Resolutions, but 15 Ideas to Get Out of a Rut in 2025
KS> Looks like I have your articles to catch up on!! I have one in the bucket with Hamish. You…
Kary Schumpert on Not Resolutions, but 15 Ideas to Get Out of a Rut in 2025
Gary, I’m glad to hear you have never been in a slump. I did enjoy some photography last year, but…
Kary Schumpert on Not Resolutions, but 15 Ideas to Get Out of a Rut in 2025
Martin, yes, #11 feels daunting! I am gonna start with the easy years when I didn’t have many photos, or…

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