2012 Calendar
Is it too early to be thinking about 2012? In years past I've used my photography and combined it with relevant scripture passages to produce calendars. I've used them as gifts, donated some to good causes and actually sold a few to support the online ministry of oneyearbibleonline.com.
Though I've used photos from different parts of the country before, in 2010 I limited the images to only include those taken in Knox County here in Ohio. I took a break in 2011 but did help the church out with their global outreach calendar.
Because I've received several inquiries I'll be creating another calendar for 2012, I'll be using more photos from here in Knox County but also including some from other parts of the state. Go ahead and click on the cover image to expand it... how many locations do you recognize (don't let the image placement influence you)?
Not only did Chris and I have a tough time deciding on which images to use but we also had to narrow down the scripture verses to go along with each one.
For the cover I took a slightly different approach from those in previous years, incorporating a photo of an Ohio road map, then adding polaroid replicas of each of the images used on the inside. I picked up the proof from PIP Lewis Center on Friday, August 19th and its looks fabulous! A limited quantity have been ordered and should be available around the first of September. They'll also be available at the Gospel Supply Shop and the Knox County Art League in downtown Mount Vernon.
Delivering The Proof To Anisa
For the last couple of months I've been working with Anisa Hardin and her folks to publish her first book, Diary of a Cabin Girl. It's a Christian fiction story intended for 9-13 year-olds. On August 6th I was able to deliver the proof copy to Anisa with artist Eric Mize also on hand.
The story of 12 year old Nicole takes place in the early 18th century, she works as a cabin girl on the Storm Haven, a sailing ship. Nicole doesn't know her last name because of being separated from her family when she was very young. She writes each days' events to her diary, not realizing that she is recording the most drastic changes of her life. When she finds out what has been missing in her life, it turns out to be much more than her family.
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Diary of a Cabin Girl is published by Koozzz Publishing of Mount Vernon, OH, it's the first book in a series titled The Heritage Diaries. I've already been briefed on volume 2 and anxious to begin working on it.

Eric Mize was the artist providing the illustration for the book cover, he and Anisa worked together to make sure that the drawing was authentic to the period.
In downtown Columbus, Ohio we're fortunate to have a replica of the historic sailing vessel The Santa Maria. I was able to schedule a photo shoot one morning and received approval from The Santa Maria Ship Museum to use one of the images for the back cover.
Tug & Arnie Launch

July 1st, 2011 is the official launch date for Tug & Arnie, In The Gardener's Hands. It was written by new author Kyle Cook who dedicated it to his son Eli. Together with illustrator Dan Euans we collaborated to publish the first instalment of Tug & Arnie where the duo begins their adventure exploring the Gardener's tree. Read how they meet and come to know the Gardener, and discover the Biblical truths he teaches regarding true friendship and safe travels.
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KCAL Photo Show
On June 3rd I was privileged to be one of the featured artists to display their work at the Knox County Art League gallery. It was the first time I had shown my work to a larger audience so I didn't really know what to expect. Joining me was Eric Mize whom I've known for a number of years, it was his first public showing as well. Also on display was the work of Terry Gardner of Mount Vernon.
I've said that most of what I love to photograph are the outdoors; landscapes & wildlife. Not knowing if I would have enough pieces to display I began rummaging through what I did have. I also ordered a few larger sizes and a whole slew of 5x7's. As it turned out I surprised even myself with the number of pieces I ended up with.
A large crowd showed up for the first friday event and I was able to share a bit about some of the pieces that were displayed. I was even able to sell a few of the smaller pieces which was a real encouragement to me.
Here are a few photos from the event.
Looks Like Our Pages Are Numbered

We enjoy reading Jeff Stahler's Moderately Confused cartoons, especially the reader caption contests that he holds each month. I thought this one from May 2011 was right on target and captured the growing popularity of e-readers and their growing impact on traditional books.
Caption Contest #35 Winner Columbus Dispatch
iSpy With My Little i
After publishing Fearful To Fearless© for both the Kindle™ & Nook™ as well as in native eBook format i thought it was time to look into a format for the iBookStore™. To be honest I've worked with Windows™ machines in business and personally since the 80's and have never felt compelled to wander over to the other side. But I figure that if I had an iPiece (sic) of hardware (iPad™, iPhone™ or iPod Touch™ running iOS 4 or higher) I would prefer to keep it as clean as I could to not be forced to install an alternate eBook reader application just because a book I was interested in downloading was not available in the format I desired.
So the saga began with researching the iBook™ format and how to make it available from the iBookstore™ .
Turns out you need an ITunesConnect™ account which is how you will manage your iBook™... which in essence is an eBook. Once you're approved to publish you need to download iProducer™ for the Mac™, a Windows™ version is not available. This is where it comes in handy to have friends who are partial to the iFamily (sic) of products, my first choice was my man @pavi who was all too happy to oblige... iThink (sic) deep down he believed it would draw me to the iSide (sic).
iThanked (sic) him for his generosity and proceeded to explore the idiosyncrasies of this new environment... the MacBook Air™. It wasn't long before iRealized (sic) that apparently Apple™ users have no problem with the notion of not having a "backspace" key. It's like it went extinct back in the days when the iBM™ (sic) Selectric ruled. With a quick search iRealized (sic) the difference between a forward and backward delete, along with a few other nuances.
homophones gone wild!
By now you sort of get the iDea that the more iExplored the different iProducts the more I got to wonder about all the other iWords that fit the genre and could actually be a homonym for a real word. I'd give my iTeeth to come up with a long list, for instance when Apple releases a software fix do they call it an iPatch? Or when you attend a training session is it called an iClinic? Or what if you missed an exam, can you take an iMakeup test?
I didn't want a case of iStrain so on went my iGlasses to make sure my iSight™ was clear to iChart my way down this path. It wasn't long before my iLids began to close, but I didn't want to iDrop the iBall so iLash'd out and continued to dig deeper [Ay Caramba!]. It was quite an iOpening experience, iBeamed with excitement at the prospect of finding so many words so quickly.
My head said to stop because it was making my iWater and nobody is going to care about this anyway, but you're an iWitness... it's not for my eyes only. I don't know what's on Apple's iRadar™, but I'm sure that whatever it is it will be like iCandy, both iCatching & iPopping! [ay yi yi!]
This is probably pretty corny, especially for long time Apple™ users so... all in favor of stopping this nonsense say aye! Sounds like the ayes have it... okay then... aye aye captain!
As of this writing the iBook™ version of "Fearful To Fearless" is still in a pending status, I've read that it can be a while due to the backlog of titles in the iQueue (sic).
I'm off to study iSaac Newton, who is rumored to have had a different encounter with an apple. And for whatever it's worth here is a link to Apple's trademarks.
Now.... who wants iScream?














