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  • Old Mill’s Tale

    Old Mill’s Tale

    Looming over the endless chorus of the Muskingum River — derived from the Shawnee word Mshkikwam, meaning swampy ground — the Stockport Mill still stands watch over this once important water route into the…

  • Twilight’s Dance

    Twilight’s Dance

    As shadows bow before twilight’s dazzling color, silhouettes dance to a tune of churning celestial waves…

  • Heaven’s Lighthouse

    Heaven’s Lighthouse

    While her structure remains abandoned, a centuries-old symbol reaches skyward towards heaven — a beacon to all, recounting sacrificial love…

  • January’s Thaw Complete

    January’s Thaw Complete

    Embracing old man winter’s icy reprieve, the morning sun reflects spring’s soul…

  • Age of Steam

    Age of Steam

    “Your true pilot cares nothing about anything on earth but the river, and his pride in his occupation surpasses the pride of kings.” — Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi — Parting the glistening…

  • Hope’s Sunrise

    Hope’s Sunrise

    As winter reigns upon his frigid throne, spring-like colors whisper a message of hope…

  • Snowflakes Soft Embrace

    Snowflakes Soft Embrace

    Snowflakes greet her lonely existence, a comforting blanket from winter’s gale…

  • True Love’s Embrace

    True Love’s Embrace

    Surrendering to Mar Pacífico’s soft embrace — as named by Ferdinand Magellan, which in Portuguese means peaceful sea — the golden state coastline warmly greets her true love…

  • Celestial Upheaval

    Celestial Upheaval

    A tale of nature’s war within the heavens — an intense collision between air masses, violently struggling for supremacy — shaping the grey Ohio winter sky in an intense churning atmospheric battle… While I…