Please allow me to introduce you to Leroy Elroy Snelph, a fictional character I thought up a few years ago. He has his own email address, and as of yesterday, he has his own FaceBook page, so he must be an actual person now. I mean, isn’t that what makes […]
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For most people, learning to read is the foundation of everything that comes after. For me, it was a story worth telling—and one I’ve carried with me through nearly six decades. I’ll be honest: I didn’t learn how to read in first grade. I can’t say for certain why. What […]
My brother got married in September 1983. The ceremony followed a tradition that didn’t call for a best man—but my brother never saw an absence where he could see an opportunity. He asked me to be his best man at the reception, and gave me this Hallmark wood pen as […]
The other day, my grandson Emerson and I wandered through the aisles of our local thrift store, browsing all the usual treasures. Emerson found some playing cards, and I found some rubber ducks and a big bag of brightly colored plastic combs. My photographer brain saw the combs and thought, […]
I was introduced to Recovery International in 1989. Lisa recently brought it to my attention that on April 30, 2026, the folks at “The Time Records”, posted an article on Facebook about Abraham A. Low, M.D., the founder of Recovery International. Here is a summary of what the Time Records […]
This post is a summary of Chapter Thirteen, “The Will to Bear Discomfort,” from Abraham A. Low’s book Mental Health Through Will‑Training (Third Edition, 1997, published by the Willett Publishing Company and originally published in 1950). Though written more than seventy years ago, the chapter feels startlingly contemporary. Low argues […]
I wrote this prompt today for Copilot: Please read all the posts on SkyCor.net and write a new blog post as if SkyCor.net were speaking, summarizing any three themes or topics found on that site. Here is its response: Here’s a new, original blog post that summarizes three major themes […]
I didn’t get the chance to help Cory build new rooms in his Townhome a few years ago, but I did get the chance to help Skyler build a new room in his home. We started this little project on Friday, December 26th, 2025 and we finished with the final […]
I asked Copilot this question: “Are there any stories out there that touch on the concept of a person being so worried or stressed about both the past and the future that they forget to be in the present?” Copilot gave me a nice initial list. I read through the […]
There are countless Beatles songs that people call their favorite, but for me, it’s always been Here Comes The Sun. My connection to it goes back to when I was thirteen, spending weekends at my friend David’s house. David usually woke up before me, and he had a ritual: he’d put […]
I’ve been reading science fiction novels and watching science fiction movies and tv shows for many, many years. I really like science fiction. I was first introduced to science fiction in Junior High at Wasatch Junior High in Salt Lake City. A fellow student was drawing the medical monitoring device […]
A few years ago, I came across a Photoshop plugin made by Profactions, called “Aquarelleum”. I used it to modify my photos to look like watercolor paintings. I loved that plugin and used it quite extensively. However, I recently upgraded my MacBook and although I was able to reinstall the […]
Just a little jaunt down memory lane with a few of the things from my past. This is a slideshow of the photos I’m keeping on my SmugMug website at StevenRalphImages.com in the “Collections of things” gallery: This slide show doesn’t show the entire description of every photo, so if you want […]