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Greg Glazebrook @ GMGPhotography
Dystopian Sunset
This image was shot over Lester B. Pearson International Airport near Toronto, Ontario at the peak of the northern wildfire smoke cloud that enveloped large portions of the Eastern Seaboard in June 2023. The image itself is an underdeveloped mess that despite its obvious flaws conveys an ominous window into a dystopian future.
Image was captured in June 2023 near Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario Equipment: Google Pixel 7 Pro (Rear Camera) Settings: 19mm | 1/853 sec. at ƒ/3.5 | ISO11. Additional processing via Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop.
Unknown / Post-processing by Greg Glazebrook @ GMGCreative
Dad’s Lessons
The summer of ’63. Jinny and I talk about running off in that old Sharknose Ford. God knows what we’d have gotten up to in the flatbed. Me, a sixteen-year-old life support system for a boner and Jinny completely smitten. Nothing good could have come from two teenagers high on the hormones of youth.
“Patience,” he’d say gripping the keys in his dirt-stained hands. “You’ll be the driver someday.”
God knows where we’d be if he’d let us run wild. Dad’s gone but Jinny and me still look something spectacular sitting in the front seat of that old truck.
Unknown / Composite image created by Greg Glazebrook @ GMGCreative
Welcome to Four Line Fiction, a pix-to-prose challenge. Each Tuesday, at 9:00am Eastern Time (Canada/United States) I will post an image I have captured myself, featured from another blog or plucked from one of the Interweb’s many royalty-free image sites. You as the writer are to use that image as a point of inspiration to craft a masterpiece of fiction in four lines.
I posted this image last week and got no responses however it such a great image I thought I’d try again this is week…
This week’s monochromatic image depicts a man busking on a subway station platform as a couple of people wait for their train. In the background, a train crossed through the image in a blur of motion.
Be creative and have fun. I look forward to reading the tales you spin. Don’t forget to show your fellow bloggers some love -❤️- take some time to read, like, and comment on their masterpieces.
“Turn off the transporter beam Umek, and put this thing in cloak mode,” Temu said while shielding its six eyes and looking away from the lonely soul standing on the side of an old Earth road.
“What don’t you think he can see you?” Umek shot back, “You are a humongous moron.”
“Whatever, just get us the hell out of here!”
“Awwww, come on, he looks like he needs a lift and we could use some company. Besides, if he turns out to be a dick we can just drop him off at the next galaxy.”
“Are you nuts, we ain’t no bleepin’ Galactic Uber service. Did you not read the sign we passed about a parsec back?”
“What are the chances…”
“…that he’s a bloody axe murderer! I’d rather not find out.” Temu interrupted.
After a brief pause, Umek continued, “…where is your sense of adventure, aren’t you getting sick of being trapped in this tin can with me yet?”
Wildfires dot the northern landscape, dry conditions and an abundance of debris on the forest floor fueling burns that are raging out of control. Hundreds of miles away the sun is all but blotted out and the smell of smoke hangs heavy in the suburban air…
Sounds like one of Fandango’s story starters but it isn’t. It was actually the scene over many eastern cities from Toronto to New York as some 200+ wildfires burned across Northern Ontario and Quebec.
As the hellfires raged on it became increasingly apparent that the response from our cities and towns in the path of the smoke may have been blown out of proportion. That seems to be the norm in today’s world. For example, Nate’s baseball was cancelled on Tuesday, the first wave of the smoke storm to pass through, due to air quality concerns however by Thursday all the hype had died out and even though the air quality was worse than Tuesday the games went on. Even a joke I shared about the cancellation on the team chat drew gasps from outraged parents. Really, all I said was,
Like all things, the smoke blew over and everything returned to normal.
This week in music I’ve headed back to 1984. The Human League was known for lush synth-pop tracks with 80’s staples like Don’t You Want Me and (Keep Feeling) Fascination. I’ve reached back for something that was less successful but arguably stands the test of time better than the band’s more commercially successful works. It was rumoured that the band had a no-guitars rule, it was the 80s and they were a synth band after all. Whether that was true or not I don’t know but if it was, breaking that rule was a great idea for this week’s track – The Lebanon. The song was written about the civil war that raged on in Lebanon in the early 1980s.
The week in review…
Brand Management The future of A.I. from Paula at Light Motifs II. Hope there is a wife model too!
In the Music Which Touches My Mind An exploration of the connection between emotion and music by written by Rockstar Girl at Is It Real or Fantasy.
Our Party Platform A fitting piece by Fandango at This, That and the Other considering the planet appears to be burning to the ground! Probably pie in the sky to think politicians will change though.
Inkwell A powerful poem written by Rebecca at Is It Real or Fantasy
A Thorny Problem Maybe they used the same A.I. Generator for the campaign idea? Written by the business-savvy Sadje at Keep It Alive.
Welcome to another edition of T-Shirt Wisdom Wednesday for June 7th, 2023. This hump day feature is exactly what it sounds like. Every other Wednesday (bi-weekly) I will post a graphic that is funny, poignant, witty, honest, crude, toothsome, with bite, or just plain old ridiculous. Some I’ll have plagiarized directly from a chest near you. Others may not have been spotted in the wild but they probably should be out there.
We’ve all lined up against an opponent like this before. If you have to think about perhaps you were that opponent and your weapon is duller than you thought!
Suggestions are always welcome. If you come across something you think is worthy of being pasted across someone’s chest and paraded around publicly jot it down and send me a message. If it makes the cut I will whip up a graphic design template and use it in a future post. Any suggestions used will include a shout-out and link to your blog on the week it posts.
Welcome to Four Line Fiction, a pix-to-prose challenge. Each Tuesday, at 9:00am Eastern Time (Canada/United States) I will post an image I have captured myself, featured from another blog or plucked from one of the Interweb’s many royalty-free image sites. You as the writer are to use that image as a point of inspiration to craft a masterpiece of fiction in four lines.
This week’s monochromatic image depicts a man busking on a subway station platform as a couple of people wait for their train. In the background, a train crossed through the image in a blur of motion.
Be creative and have fun. I look forward to reading the tales you spin. Don’t forget to show your fellow bloggers some love -❤️- take some time to read, like, and comment on their masterpieces.
How is everyone doing? Sunday Review is coming at you a day late as I was away in Columbus, Ohio for the Capital City Showdown. If you follow my blog you will know that my daughter plays fastpitch at a very competitive level. You may even recall seeing the Queens of the Diamond series of images that ran weekly last summer or more recently in last week’s Sunday Digest.
I did not take the camera out of its bag this week. I just sat back and watched in awe of these young women playing their butts off over four days.
The girls went 5-2 in the tournament. Not enough to advance to the final but a great showing nonetheless. For her efforts, my baby (she will kill me if she ever reads this) had a great tournament. I didn’t keep track in the first two games but I know she got hits in both games. In the last five games, she was 9-13 at the dish with three doubles and two home runs. The two dingers coming in the middle of a string of six consecutive at-bats with at least a base hit. She was on fire at the hot corner too. Solid defence and a hot bat earned her two Player of the Game honours over the seven.
Although our stay in Columbus was uneventful it was interesting. Not the America I remember but I will leave that for another post I’m working on. What I have realized is I really don’t like long drives anymore. Six and a half hours is way too long. Even with a couple of stops, I was so stiff I didn’t think I was going to be able to pull my @$$ out of my seat when we arrived.
The drive down and back meant my favourite radio stations weren’t available. That had me making use of the free Sirius XM promo I signed up for a couple of months back. (Note to self: Cancel before it goes to full price.) I ended up listening to 1st Wave, the 80’s Alt Rock channel. The classics of my youth. Not everything stands the test of time, but surprisingly a lot of my music is still relevant. In particular, I caught myself crooning (probably a bad word to describe my singing) to Australia’s Midnight Oil when they played it, remembered almost all the words my favourites too. The critically acclaimed Deisel and Dust was the Australian band’s most successful offering. Rolling Stone named it the best album of 1988, the year it was released in the United States. Did you know the lead singer (pictured at right) was a prominent politician who served in the Australian parliament? Here are a couple of my favs from Diesel and Dust…
The week in review…
Slipknot Proof that it doesn’t have to be perfect when it’s made with love written by Diana at Writer Ravenclaw.
Friendly Banter Come on guys we can all relate to the twins in this Fandango from This, That and the Other tale. Olivia just doesn’t understand!
Darrell’s Deadly Disposal A disposal dilemma for the creepy Darrell written by Christine at Stine Writing. If you come across him remember it’s a slipknot!
Captive A tale of greed, coverups, and dissenting voices written by Sadje at Keep It Alive.
Welcome to Four Line Fiction, a pix-to-prose challenge. Each Tuesday, at 9:00am Eastern Time (Canada/United States) I will post an image I have captured myself, featured from another blog or plucked from one of the Interweb’s many royalty-free image sites. You as the writer are to use that image as a point of inspiration to craft a masterpiece of fiction in four lines.
This week’s image is a POV shot with the viewer standing in the basket looking up into a brightly coloured orange and yellow hot air balloon. A propane-fueled flame burns along the left edge of the image creating lift while the blue sky background fills the right third of the image.
Be creative and have fun. I look forward to reading the tales you spin. Don’t forget to show your fellow bloggers some love -❤️- take some time to read, like, and comment on their masterpieces.
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