Introducing: “People of the Susquehanna”
As the saying goes, “It takes a village …”, and often, in today’s Western cultures, we like to compartmentalize the upbringing of our children. We prefer to leave their education to the school system, their moral compass to the church, and the...
Become a part of The Age Project
A while back I had introduced The Age Project, a photography project described as: The Age Project is an ongoing photographic collection which explores the often paradoxical relationship between perception and reality along with the natural human tendency for being...
Evening of Fun + Photography – The Lewisburg PhotoWalk
Had a great time Friday Evening at the Lewisburg PhotoWalk – making new friends, sharing some good laughs, and photographing this beautiful town under cover of darkness. Want to say a huge thanks to Puirseil’s Irish Pub and Restaurant for not only...
Country Twirlers – Documenting Life in Central PA
The Country Twirlers performing at the annual Kuhns Bros. Fall Festival in Milton, PA If there’s one thing rooted in Pennsylvania Dutch culture more than roast beef and mashed potatoes, it’s square dancing — a stepping and twirling dance for four...
Lehigh at Dusk – Photographing Pennsylvania’s Natural Beauty
I am not a landscape photographer, but I finally had a chance to stop down by the Lehigh River on this time through the quaint little hamlet of Jim Thorpe, PA. It was beautiful and sunny the entire drive out, but once I started coming off the mountain it became...
Eloquence — Photographing the Forgotten
The most eloquent and probably one of the most interesting individuals I know, this gentleman is one of the often-overlooked treasures within the greater community. Whether it’s a humorous anecdote, quoting paragraphs of poetry or literature which were committed...
Ep. 87 — Seventeen Syllables of Suffering: The Haiku Scam
Tired of people calling 17 syllables “genius”? So am I.
In this brutally honest, occasionally unhinged episode of Perfectly Poetic, Allen Mowery finally unleashes his pent-up frustration about the most overrated poetic form of all time: the haiku. From childhood worksheet trauma to seasonal name-dropping, syllable policing, AI-generated nonsense, and the myth of Bashō’s frog — no stone (or smooth river pebble) is left unskipped.