Strength and weakness...

...are tangled things. They look so much alike we confuse them like we confuse love and hate.

Mark Beazley, friend of Carol! Friend of mine.

Lighter Collection

I was cleaning out my closet and came across my dad’s old lighter collection. Mary took our each lighter and line them up around my bathroom sink. She asked a lot questions while going through then. Why would your dad need so many lighters? How does this one work? Where did he get these? Why do you keep these? 

I keep them because they were his. He got them from all over the world. Each one of the work a little differently, let me show you. My dad needed so many lighters because he really liked making fires! 

These seemed to represent the collection well. This one is standard stainless steel flip lighter, but the engraved block M and 1952 mark it special. He got this lighter his Senior year at Maryland, already married to my mom, winning a Sugar Bowl, and soon to graduate!

Cigarette lighters are a bit out of place in our world. My mom smoked back then. The way she tells it everybody smoked in the 50’s, “

Self Publishing

I've decided to start self-publishing. Started in earnest today to write my first children's book titled, "The Dogs the Tree and the Hill" a simple story of finding your place In the world. Featuring my photography of my dogs, the tree and the hill.

Soon to follow, Dumbdumbdaddyo the book. Then Capturing Beauty. I'm pretty psyched! Wish me luck!

Sincerely,

Big K