Spillwords Press has knocked over another one again -- a poem of mine, "Pine Painting." If you haven't seen the other stuff that got spilled earlier, see my 3/23/24 and 6/7/24 blogs.

I am incredibly pleased that four photographs (2 shown above) and a short biomedical photo essay were published in the winter 2026 issue of Blood and Thunder – Musings on the Art of Medicine (pgs: 11, 12, 13) . I love what this magazine is all about -- a medically themed arts journal published by the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.  Every year, hundreds of submissions are reviewed by a team of medical students with the goal to enhance the education of healthcare professionals...

Two years ago, I had some photos published in a collection of writings and images on U.S. veterans ( Proud to Be , v12 ). As a personal way to remember my grandfather who served as an Army captain during WWII, I decided once again to submit more military-related images for vol. 14 . Three black-and-white photos were accepted, one of which received an honorable mention: Conning Tower, USS Cavalla (p. 143), shot in Galveston, TX. The other two were Fort Miles Fire Control Tower (p. 146, Dewey...