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The moon seen past The Mill Mountain Star, Roanoke, VA

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August 2021.

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SIGN LANGUAGE.

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Well Hung Vineyard.  For when you’re so well hung, you actually wine about it.

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I’m not sure how well I’ll fit in with hippies.  But if it’s one thing this world has taught me, it’s to always follow instructions when they are inscribed in colored chalk.

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The Mill Mountain Star seen past Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital.

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Roanoke, VA, August 2021.

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The Mill Mountain Star seen past St. John’s Episcopal Church.

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Looking south past the corner of Elm Avenue and Jefferson Street, Roanoke, VA, August 2021.

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Roanoke, VA, August 2021

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My cellphone camera is truly, categorically awful when it comes to shooting at night.  Sorry, folks.

Campbell Avenue at Roanoke City Market.

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Jefferson Street.

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Roanoke, VA, July 2021

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Elmwood Park.

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Sorry about the shaky cam. And my cellphone camera is obviously not high quality.

Fountain beside Hampton Inn & Suite (facing Church Avenue).

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Looking north up Market Street.

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The Roanoke Times.

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A Banksyesque painting in front of Wok-ology on the corner of Campbell Avenue and Jefferson Street.

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Views from Gainsboro Road Overpass, Roanoke, VA

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One look at that bright air and you can tell how hot it is here in my little Bible Belt city.  Those townhouses remind me of Charleston, South Carolina’s “Rainbow Row.”  Or maybe an Edward Hopper painting — I may have said so before, but this entire city is indeed Hopperesque.

I think the final frame of that second video is really nice, with the American flag appearing before the sunset over the mountains.  I certainly didn’t plan it that way — that was just the spot where I happened to stop running to shoot video.

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Vicinity of Williamson Road around downtown Roanoke, VA

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July 2021.

Roanoke used to be called “Big Lick,” of all things.

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This second one I’m a little proud of — that’s the Mill Mountain Star that you see in the background at left.

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Looking southwest.

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I found Area 51!!!  And it was taken over by the Black Oil Alien from “The X-Files.”

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BUK THE SYSTEM!!

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Great news! I’m honored to share here that Newington Blue Press will feature a flash fiction story of mine in the third and final volume of “Buk 100.”  The publisher is based in Germany, and produces the “Buk 100” commemorative chapbook series as an homage to German-American writer Charles Bukowski.  The first two volumes were beautifully crafted and filled with outstanding contributions from around the world.  Thanks once again to Matthias Krueger for including my work.

The story is entitled “Bill and I,” and is my stab at spinning a Bukowski-esque vignette.   I’ll share ordering details when they become available.

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By GFreihalter – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18740517

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Lotta big flakes in this town.

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These are just a couple of more old Roanoke, Virginia snow pics I found chilling in my hard drive.  Look at the size of those flakes.  There are times when the snow falls out of the sky here in clumps.

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