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Expanding Photographic Horizons

So, recently I've been getting wrapped up in Google Plus's photographic community, including both the daily themes and the photography deathmatch. This is good. Not only is it challenging me in new/different ways from Farktography and given me better exposure to others' styles to learn from, it's also making me take a critical look at some of my previous works. Two opposing...
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Moving laterally
(post typing note: This went from blah to bitchfest, so read at your own risk)

So, I thought that once I finished with 72 hours a week of nightshift, I'd finally have some time. Turns out, not so much. Now that I'm actually awake during the day, there's so many more things begging for my attention: Getting the farm ready for winter, coordinating...
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Le Sigh.

How do you tell someone you love what you want to say when they have the emotional fragility of a porcelain ornithopter in a stiff breeze? I want to talk to my wife. No, I need to talk to my wife. But I don't want to hurt her. The past year has been extremely stressful for both of us, but thanks to the...
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Mysterious ways, indeed.

I have a sister. Well, technically two, however, one of them I've only met once, as she's from my dad's previous marriage, and has stayed with her mom on the far side of the country. I've often spent time wondering where she was, what she was up to, etc., until one day, out of the blue, I got a facebook message from...
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Life after Suicide

This month is my 30th birthday, but I won't be celebrating it. Instead, next month, I will be celebrating my second rebirth day. I will be celebrating the aniversary of the day that I walked away from suicide and asked for help.

It had been a long day and I'd just gotten home from 16 hours at work. That didn't upset me;...
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