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Book Review: Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

February 13, 2021 by Joe Gray in Book Review

I think I just keep reading these books because they offer my mind an exercise. The writing is so poetic and ethereal that it takes me to another world. Frank Herbert's unique voice and one of a kind tone are hypnotizing. The whole experience is like grasping at a dream. Every step gets you closer and yet every step takes you farther away. Toward what? The Golden Path maybe?

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February 13, 2021 /Joe Gray
action, adventure, Arrakis, blog, books, Children of Dune, Dune, epic, fantasy, Frank Herbert, goodreads, literature, novels, reading, science fiction, scifi, writing
Book Review

Photo Journal 2/12/2021 Snow Day

February 12, 2021 by Joe Gray in Photo Journal

Shot with Canon 80D

Canon 100mm Macro

Portland, Oregon

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February 12, 2021 /Joe Gray
blog, blogger, canon, cars, dogs, oregon, pdxsnow, photoblog, photography, photojournal, photos, portland, snow, snowday, snowpocalypse, snowy, streetphotography, winter
Photo Journal

Episode 143: Joey Edwards

February 10, 2021 by Joe Gray in Podcast Episodes : FTP

In this episode, I talk with my good friend Joey Edwards. Joey is an incredible artist who makes weird and wonderful things. In this episode, we talk about how Covid-19 affected both his day job in IT and his artistic career. We also talk about his custom-built PC and his Twitch channel.

Go to edwardsartanddesign.com now!

Joey's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jo3y3dwards

Joey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jo3y3dwards/

The Fleeting Thoughts Podcast is available where ever podcasts are available. Click the link below to listen now. Go to joesnotesblog.com for more from me! Check out my new website all about customer service at customerserviceman.com.

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February 10, 2021 /Joe Gray
covid, covid19, Joey Edwards, Art, dark art, pumpkins, pumpkin carving, sculpture, Portland, Oregon, twitch, design, halloween, interview, painting, artist, podcast, PODCAST, FLEETINGTHOUGHTSPODCAST
Podcast Episodes : FTP

Photo Journal 1/29/2021 (Macro Walk Around)

January 30, 2021 by Joe Gray in Photo Journal

Shot with Canon 80D

Canon 100mm Macro

Portland, Oregon

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January 30, 2021 /Joe Gray
blog, blogger, canon, flowers, green, lightroom, macro, macrophotography, macros, nature, naturephotography, oregon, photography, plants, portland, shotoncanon, tiny, winter
Photo Journal

Episode 142: Justin Abel

January 29, 2021 by Joe Gray in Podcast Episodes : FTP

In this episode, I talk with Just Abel who is a music producer and mix engineer based in Portland, Oregon. Go to justinabelaudio.com to contact Justin. Instagram for Justin is @justinabelaudio.com.

We talk about the recording process. Justin gives us some recommendations for recording at home on a budget and we talk about the effect that covid-19 has had on his business.

The Fleeting Thoughts Podcast is available where ever podcasts are available. Click the link below to listen now. Go to joesnotesblog.com for more from me!

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January 29, 2021 /Joe Gray
Justin Abel, music, musician, recording, art, artists, audio, audio engineering, engineering, producer, covid19, covid, business, small business, entrepreneur, music producer, gear, interview, studio, sound
Podcast Episodes : FTP

30 Days of Heroes: Day 3 The Time Hero

January 26, 2021 by Joe Gray in 30 Days of Heroes, Short Stories, Western, Sci-Fi

Somewhere Outside Bandera, Texas 1884

The four horsemen circled the body of a man laying on his back in the yellow desert dirt. A massive brown cloud of dust encompassed the horsemen that gawked at the odd site. They had no idea what to make of the symbols "GOT" in gothic writing that adorned the passed out man's black T-shirt. They were even more confused about the strange blue sweatpants the man wore which had a large white "Nike" typed along the leg. What they did recognize was the gun belt around the man's waist with the shiny ivory handle of a Colt Revolver sticking out of the holster. The man stirred as the horsemen reined in their horses and came to a halt.

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January 26, 2021 /Joe Gray
action, adventure, blog, blogger, cowboy, fiction, fictional, future, guns, reading, sciencefiction, scifi, shorts, shortstories, shortstorycollections, stories, story, Texas, western, writing
30 Days of Heroes, Short Stories, Western, Sci-Fi
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