New To RAWartists?

WARNING:Shameless Self Promoting ahead This message is for those who have not gone to a RAWartists event. For many years now RAWartists events have been going on (Tommy Rockers, The Royal and now The ACT night Club). What RAWartists event is a collection of local artists, designers, musicians and photographers in a evening event that pushes your senses. Fashion shows, live original music, performance art and visual art all in one venue at one time! These events will immerse your senses with excitement. All this for $15! Truly a value! Do I want you to come see my photography - yes of course! But you will get soooo much more. If you buy your tickets I will give you a second ticket FREE (you just email me and tell me whose name you want on the 2nd ticket)

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Social Media - What was good has turned EVIL

Social Media - What was good has turned evil by R S Westeren Social media started with so much promise. The ability to easily reach out to family and friends that are not near with pictures and activities was universally accepted and used. To find long lost friends from school and neighborhoods that you long past moved from was like a online reunions that you did not have to travel to. I remember my first experience with social media, MySpace. Friendly back and forth banter making it a truly enjoyable experience. Facebook was next for me. Easier to post pictures and other media. Again friendly back and forth banter with friends and new friends. Pictures of grandchildren, pets and parents passes back and forth with notes of the activities we normally would miss. Instagram and twitter were now available allowing more opportunity to contact with the world using different media. "Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, up...

Staying Home for CORVID19

All in all we are handling the stay at home reasonably well. It is not how I expected my first few months of being retired playing out. 2020 has not been a good year so far, with my mother in law passing away in January and now the CORVID19 stay at home orders. So we try to get out of the house every couple days even if its just to run to the post office or to get a couple things from the store. Maggie and I take a walk every couple of days, it/'s good for us to get out. I am spending some time in the backyard working on my gardens and pond. I thought I would share some of my recent garden pictures in this blog: Most of these flowers are around the pond which has come to life this spring.So even when life seems to be challenging the flowers continue to grow and flourish. Maybe we need to be more like the flower and bloom. Until next time... Roger

The ups and downs

It is amazing the ups and downs a day can make. One minute you are having a positive day with promising situations presenting themselves and when you get comfortable reality punch's you in your stomach bringing you down. How you react to these ups and downs is what decides the kind of person you are

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