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Amazing Real World Special Effects

Posted on March 6, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo taken just as a bubble was beginning to burst – boredpanda.com Photoshop and AI-Free The natural world is far more mysterious, frightening and beautiful than any AI or big-budget movie effects will ever be. These amazing real world special … Continue reading →

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Sky: The Ultimate Artist’s Canvas

Posted on September 19, 2025 by mitchteemley

“There is one spectacle grander than the sea,” Victor Hugo observed, and that is “the sky.” Yet, “there is one spectacle (even) grander than the sky,” he added, and “that is the interior of the soul.” That isn’t a coincidence. … Continue reading →

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October Skies

Posted on October 25, 2024 by mitchteemley

It’s the northern half’s most beautiful month, when leaves and sunrises vie to out-blush one another, and clouds and moons stage sunset tableaus. Gloves and mufflers appear, walks demand to be taken, cats demand laps, books demand eyes and windows … Continue reading →

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Castles in the Air?

Posted on March 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

Which type are you? That’s not a painting, it’s a photo of a real hot air balloon created by a renowned European craftsman who dreamed it and built it! “The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your … Continue reading →

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Clouds!

Posted on July 14, 2023 by mitchteemley

Clouds. Mist. Fog. Science tells us they’re simply collections of condensed water droplets. Over our heads. Around us. But they’re so much more than that. They’re metaphors for life itself — for its uncertainties and mysteries, for when we lose … Continue reading →

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The Un-Kidnapping

Posted on September 24, 2022 by mitchteemley

The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Feeling guilty about having kidnapped Zack, Liulah the cloud shepherd had dragged him before … Continue reading →

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Please Don’t Save Me!

Posted on September 17, 2022 by mitchteemley

The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Feeling guilty about having kidnapped Zack, Liulah the cloud shepherd dragged him into an … Continue reading →

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The Cloud Shepherd

Posted on August 27, 2022 by mitchteemley

The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. En route to find his sister somewhere in the world of Ismara, Zack was … Continue reading →

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Weird Thoughts Before Dying

Posted on January 22, 2022 by mitchteemley

Source: bestgemfun.blogspot.com The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Zack was plunging to his death! He’d somehow fallen … Continue reading →

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Capturing the Unexpected

Posted on August 24, 2019 by mitchteemley

Into the Weirdness Life. It’s full of the unexpected. Sometimes horrible, sometimes great. Mostly just weird. I mean, you can’t make this stuff up, right? Well, you can. But who would believe you? (Click on any image to enlarge it, … Continue reading →

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