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30 Days of Fiction: Day 29

December 27, 2018 by Joe Gray in 30 Days of Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Taratumba was the smallest cheetah cub.

His brother and sister were much larger and would never let Taratumba win any of the games.
His mother would watch as they wrestled and raced.
Even though Taratumba was always overpowered and last in the races he never stopped trying.

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December 27, 2018 /Joe Gray
30 days of fiction, africa, animals, cheetah, fable, fiction, panther, short story, story, storytelling, tales, taratumba
30 Days of Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Photo Journal 12/24/2018

December 24, 2018 by Joe Gray in Photo Journal

Peacock Lane

Portland, Oregon

Shot with Canon 80D w/ 14-24mm

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December 24, 2018 /Joe Gray
blog, canon 80d, Christmas, christmas lights, lights, long exposure, night photography, oregon, peacock lane, photo blog, photo journal, photography, portland, santa, star wars, street photography
Photo Journal

30 Days of Fiction: Day 28

December 19, 2018 by Joe Gray in 30 Days of Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful queen named Priscilla Bindle and she was quite the cunt. The queen lived in a huge castle that sat on a hill overlooking the metropolitan city that sprawled for miles throughout the valley below. On her first day as queen, when she was only fourteen years old, she celebrated her inauguration by forcing three of her handmaids' to fight to the death. When she turned sixteen she decreed that all those that fell late on their taxes would have to fight in her gladiator-style tournaments. On her seventeenth birthday, she declared war on the neighboring kingdom which led to a 6 month period of carnage and destruction. After many deaths, she won the war, which increased her power and ego. Tonight is the night before the queen turns 18 and there is a hush in the city as its citizens await tomorrows bad news. But what would the queen decree this year?

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December 19, 2018 /Joe Gray
30 days of fiction, blog, fiction, medieval, short story, story, swords, violent, stories, blogger, creative, writing, creative writing
30 Days of Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Re-Post: Who's Playing Cards Right Now?

December 18, 2018 by Joe Gray in Personal Development, Philosophy, Free Will

While sitting across from my brother at a picnic table in a rural campground in Oregon we discussed free will. At one point, mid circular logic loop, I looked down at my hands and tried to imagine that it was all due to prior states and that no agent was responsible for the actions "I" was witnessing. That there might not be a "me" inside. That "I" is just a name for an observer with no real control over anything. If this is true then "who" was playing cards? The universe? I don't think so.

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December 18, 2018 /Joe Gray
cards, determinism, existence, free will, philosophy, psychology
Personal Development, Philosophy, Free Will

Photo Journal 12/14/2018

December 14, 2018 by Joe Gray in Photo Journal

Glendoveer Walking Trail

Portland, Oregon

Shot with Canon 80D w/ 50mm 1.4

Kenko Extension Tubes for Macro

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December 14, 2018 /Joe Gray
blog, bokeh, depth of field, ducks, fir, flora, flowers, fungi, macro, macro photography, nature, oregon, photo blog, photo journal, photography, plants, PNW, sap, trees, winter
Photo Journal

Photo Journal 12/7 to 12/9/2018

December 09, 2018 by Joe Gray in Photo Journal

Eugene, Or

Shot with Canon G7X Mkii

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December 09, 2018 /Joe Gray
architecture, canon, Chanukah, coffee plant roaster, ducks, eugene, g7xmkii, Hannukah, Hanukkah, landscape, nature, oregon, photo blog, photo journal, photography, PNW, sunset, sunset photography, travel, winter
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