Exit the large highway that connects one state to another. Make your way past the shops and the homes of downtown. Ignore the suburbs for a moment. Get on a two lane road that cuts a county in two. You will notice farmland as far as you can see, ready for the coming winter months. [...]
Category: Reflections
The Magic of Animation: Korra
The Legend of Korra
The Magic of Animation: Avatar
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Magic of Animation: Introduction
Does animation do a better job of sharing emotions than live-action media?
Anne and Elizabeth
Over the past few weeks, I have been visiting some old friends in the form of TV characters. I decided to re-watch Anne with an E and When Calls the Heart. These shows are both wildly different and surprisingly the same. Canada is the backdrop of these adventurous worlds. Anne finds herself on Prince Edward [...]
Green in the Time of Darkness
I went on a short adventure today. After a month of not leaving the confines of my apartment complex, I hit the road to visit a local state park. The low humidity keeps me grounded in the fact that I am in my new state of Illinois. I start off easy with a couple different [...]
Pandemic
When the idea of working from home was mentioned as an option several weeks back, I treated it with a strange type of distain. I had always kept the different parts of my life very separate. My friends from different parts of my life did not meet until my Eagle Scout ceremony. As I have [...]
Winter in the Snow
This week began with a surprise as we started the season early with an even four inches of snowfall covering the ground. I can’t explain why I was surprised, but I was excited, all the same. The end of the year is less than three weeks away and I have been making some changes in my [...]
Human Again
The virtualization of my world began in an unlikely place: summer camp. I had just graduated high school and I was ready to make a positive impact on the campers. During our limited down-time as counselors, we would retreat to a lounge, to talk away from the campers. We loved the kids, but sometimes you want [...]
Celebrity
I have always been mindful of the changes around me. My personal perspective leans on the idea that people change based on their surroundings. The people that influence your behavior come in many forms. When I was growing up, my influences were a good balance of secular and religious. My peers helped me understand what was considered “cool” and later [...]
