These are just a couple of shots of Roanoke that I altered with basic photo-editing software. I don’t know why, but I like black-and-white photos with their details enhanced and with plenty of dark spaces in them.
I have no doubt that a proficient photographer would look at shots like these and find them to be elementary stuff. But I’m still learning about the process and having fun with it.
Warren Publishing.
Because The New York Times listed only 1,000 names on its front page yesterday, it represented only about 1 percent of the American lives lost to the virus.
I’m so happy today to see that The Piker Press has featured my very short love poem, “Ode,” in its May 25 issue. You can find it right here.
As always, thanks to Editor Sand Pilarski for including me in The Piker Press community!
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith.
Today begins my efforts to establish a National Talk-Like-Bane Day.
(We already have Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day; why not this?) And it will persuade people to wear their masks.
So I’m getting better at editing photos — I’d like to think that these old shots of Salem, VA turned out pretty neat.
