30 Sunday Aug 2015
Posted in Bookmarks, Hiking, Hiking Tennessee, Non-fiction, Tennessee State Parks
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Bookmarks for Hiking Tennessee
I’ve worked with more than a few publishers over the years, but this is the first time I’ve had a publisher create bookmarks to help advertise one of my books. Thanks, Human Kinetics!
In September, I will distribute them at local bookstores where they may be picked up for free (although hopefully I will sell a book or two).
And, if you know someplace that would like to set out a few, please let me know.
23 Sunday Aug 2015
Posted in Christianity, God, Photography, Satan, The Devil's Beatitudes
Something wicked this way comes
The Devil’s Beatitudes
Blessed are those who are too tired, busy or disorganized to meet with fellow Christians on Sundays each week. Their hearts are not in it.
Blessed are those who enjoy noticing the mannerisms of clergy and choir. Their hearts are not in it.
Blessed are those Christians who wait to be asked and expect to be thanked. I can use them.
Blessed are the touchy. With a bit of luck they may even stop going to Church. They are my missionaries.
Blessed are those who claim to love God at the same time as hating other people. They are mine forever.
Blessed are the trouble-makers. They shall be called my children.
Blessed are those who have no time to pray. They are easy prey for me.
Blessed are you when you read this and think it is about other people and not about yourself.
16 Sunday Aug 2015
Posted in Animals, Bonaventure, Cemetery, Edgar Allan Poe, Fox, Laurel Grove Cemetery, Nevermore, Photography, Poetry, The Raven
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This week I began what I hope will be a continuing project photographing the raven, Nevermore, in cemeteries in the United States and around the world. Naturally, I began with my favorite cemetery, Bonaventure, here in Savannah as I have been shooting pictures there for more than thirty years. I also shot some photos at Laurel Grove Cemetery, also here in Savannah, on a rainy Saturday. Below are a couple of samples from those shoots.
Nevermore and Corinne at Bonaventure
Nevermore in the rain at Laurel Grove
If you want to see more from this series, visit my website Victorialogue.com
Also, I had to add the following two photos because this happened during the shoot at Bonaventure–perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime experience:
Meeting Le Renard at Bonaventure
More encounters with Le Renard at Bonaventure
09 Sunday Aug 2015
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Spring camping at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park.
A new hike is available at my website. This is also a short hike–2.5 miles–but is on the opposite side of the state from the previous hike along the Appalachian Trail to Jane Bald. This hike is located in Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, which borders on the Mississippi River.
I described another hike in this park, the 3-mile Woodland Trail, in my book, Hiking Tennessee.
You can read more about the hike to the Pioneer Springs Trail Shelter at my website here.
02 Sunday Aug 2015
Posted in Photography, Stabat Mater
Station 4 from the Stations of the Cross atop Monserrate in Bogata, Colombia
Stabat mater dolorosa
juxta Crucem lacromisoa,
dum pendebat Filius
A statue from Greenwich Cemetery in Savannah
