First Post on a New Blog!

   This is the first post on my new blog, Skyboy Photos' "Sky Stories", and in thinking what to include in this post, I am somehow wanting to return to roots, to beginnings.

   It was August 23, 1989. A crazy, impossible cloud like a red banner lit up the evening sky while I weeded in the garden. I was transfixed, grabbed my camera to climb up on the roof and photograph this strange apparition, and that was my first sky picture.

   I started out selling a few greeting cards to the Nelson-Atkins Museum Bookstore sometime after that, primarily as a way to offset the high cost of photo printing in those days. (Remember film?) It was a scary thing to do, putting my photography out there for everyone to see. What if it wasn't any good?

   As I look back over the years, I see it hasn't gotten any less scary to put my art out there in the world; it's simply that the things I am putting out there are different. They say that as an actor when you stop having stage fright, you stop being any good.

   Boy, if that's true of art as well, I must be pretty darned good! Because I'm always pretty darned scared.

   Speaking of stage fright, one of the scariest things I've done recently is to perform my poetry in front of an audience. On my first night, I was nearly rabid with fright, and when I finished I was sure the crowd had never in all their days seen such a miserable spectacle. Over a year later, I still feel the same way...but I've gotten much better at walking through the fear regardless. 

   What keeps me engaged is the feeling of discovering new worlds every day. It sounds trite, but it's true. There always seem to be more ideas in my head than there is room for in my schedule, more excitement about what I could do than the time to do it.

   I recently had an opportunity to learn video production--movie-making--when the death of a good friend spurred me to create a video tribute of his life. It was a wonderful month of November as I learned how to move clips around, add sound, zoom in and out and make a movie. What fun! And I'm sure those skills will come in handy. Thanks, cousin Bruce Bayard, for your invaluable help learning the software. Of course, the best part was being able to honor my friend's life in a special way, and I was deeply moved by the experience. I also learned more about his life than I ever knew and got to meet many of his friends and family. And it felt as if I were helping him to live on in the memories of his many friends.   

   (By the way, you can see the film on my YouTube Channel here: "I'm Just Wild About Harry" .)

  Spending all that time doing something which had no direct relation to my work, I worried about getting distracted and wasting time. But then I realized, this IS my work. Making art, creating something out of nothing, involves wearing many hats. Being open to the inner Muse when he or she whispers in the ear, "Hey, wouldn't it be really interesting if we....?" and you suddenly find yourself running off in an entirely new direction.

   Otherwise, it's easy to keep going on a path that can become less and less fun. There is little enough reward for making art. If the fun goes out of it, there's not much left!

   This graphic is something I did years ago and I think it is appropriate: It was fun! At the time, I didn't allow myself to enjoy it as much as I wanted to, and in fact, I captioned it "What happens When Skyboy Has Too Much Time on His Hands." Then I came up with all sorts of reasons for not sharing it with anybody. So it has been mothballed all this time.

   In reality, we've all got nothing but time.

   I'm resurrecting fun, then! Do something fun every day! Time is all we have, and we'll be dead for a lot longer than we'll be alive. Between our birthday and deathday, let's work, and create, and love, and suffer, and be joyous, and all the things that living creatures do. It is all any of us have.

   And every so often, let's have fun, too!





1057 comments


  • Mike Reno

    Gold Available For Sale, We Offer The Best For You +447401473736

    Gold for Sale in USA, Kampala Uganda, Canada, Australia, Europe. No hidden payments and no payments upfront if you are a serious buyer. We do CIF to our serious buyers without delays or FOB to those more serious buyers who want to come to Uganda for a pick up. We recommend our good buyers to fly to uganda and do the testing and visit our mining sites and do a due diligence for more trust and long term business

    24 Karat, 98+ Purity Gold Wholesale supplier. Gold world is a leading global supplier and trader of an extensive range of 24 Karat Gold. Our sales team is committed to providing impeccable services to our clients, and they are always ready to answer your questions.

    Smooth Delivery on Time Worldwide

    Along with the best quality of our 24 Karat Gold, we take care of the packaging process as well. We always involve high-technique packaging system which provide barrier protection against moisture, dust, or any kind of mechanical damage during transportation. Not only this, we perform smooth delivery of our 24 Karat Gold within the given date and time. Our entire gold product is delivered in 3–7 days by courier worldwide

    CONTACT:

    Telegram: @Ranko3222

    WhatsApp: +447401473736

    https://toprapidsolution.blogspot.com/

    Impeccable Feature of 24 Karat Gold

    We Work Directly With The Gold buyers To Cut Out The Middle Man, So We Can Avoid Wasting Time. We Are The Leading Gold Sellers. Best Prices Guaranteed .Find Us In Uganda, Kampala. Trusted Gold Sellers — Buy Our Gold with Confidence. Easy Gold Selling Process. Easy Selling Process. Satisfaction Guaranteed. No Hidden Fees. Trusted Experts. Secure Transactions. Instant Quotes. Gold Bars, Gold Bullion And Nuggets. Gold dust, gold bars and gold nugget for sale· Gold nugget, Gold bar, Gold dust · gold bullion buyers and sell.

    Luxembourg, Singapore, Ireland, Qatar, Switzerland, Norway, United States, United Arab Emirates, Brunei, Hong Kong, germany, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark

    Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

    We are everywhere in New York City, New York

    Los Angeles, California, Chicago, Illinois, Houston, Texas, Phoenix, Arizona, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, San Antonio, Texas, San Diego, California, Dallas, Texas, San Jose, California, Austin, Texas, Jacksonville, Florida, Fort Worth, Texas, Columbus, Ohio, San Francisco, California, Charlotte, North Carolina, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Seattle, Washington, Denver, Colorado, Washington, D.C.

    Sydney, New South Wales, Melbourne, Victoria, Brisbane, Queensland, Perth, Western Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland, Canberra, Australian, Capital Territory, Newcastle, New South Wales, Central Coast, New South Wales, Hobart, Tasmania

    SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY PLEASE

  • leads

    SELLING FULLZ DATABASE

    SSN | SIN | NIN | EIN | REAL DLs F\B | #TARETURN2026 | HIGH Cs | PASSPORTS | @Zavi_24

    Telegram 💬 { @Zavi_24 }
    Channel—-{{ https://t.me/FullzDatabase24 }}

    USA DATABASE -———————

    →SSN DOB Address Phone Email
    →SSN DOB DL Address Employement & Bank Info Routing number
    →USA All info available with guarantee
    →DL Photos Front Back with SSN
    →High Credit Scores Pros

    DRIVER LICENSE———————
    →DL Fullz with Issue & Exp Dates with SSN
    →DL Fullz with MVR
    →DL Fullz for KYC
    →DL Fullz with W-2 Forms

    UK DATABASE -—————-

    →UK Real DL Scan Front back with Selfie
    →UK Passport Photos with Selfie
    →Bulk UK Fullz
    →UK young & Old age Fullz
    →UK CC with CVV fullz
    →High Credit Scores UK fullz Pros
    →UK phone numbers & emails Leads
    →DL Front Back Scan Docs with SSN

    MORE INFOS -————

    CANADIAN & GERMANY INFOS
    BUSINESS EIN COMPANY PROS
    Passport Photos with Selfie( WW )
    Verified Email Database
    HOME OWNER LEADS
    EMPLOYEE LEADS
    FOREX DATABASE
    PAYDAY LEADS
    SWEEP STAKES

    TOOLS -——————

    Bulk SMS Senders & Email Senders
    Web-mailers -Bulk Email Sender
    Scampage tools and tutorials
    Carding Tools & Tutorials
    C-Panels & Web-mailers
    SMTP Linux RooT

    Benefits -————-

    DUMPS WITH PIN TRACK 101 & 202
    High Credit scores Pros 700+
    DATA FOR TAX RETURN
    DL FOR COINBASE
    High Credit Scores
    TUTORIALS
    AMAZON
    LOAN

    We have Tax Refund , W-2
    Sell Info Fullz SSN DOB DL use it to do PUA and SBA
    Sell Info FULLZ Applying For unemployment insurance benefit.
    Sell Info for red Account Ebay and Amazon , Bank
    Sell Info SSN + DOB + DOC + DL scan front & back is Real 100%


  • J J

    Hello Everyone..

    Here we comes with fresh Fullz again
    Fresh spammed & Valid fullz available now
    All info are verified & guaranteed
    DL|ID with fullz available as well
    All stuff spammed from gov, stores & office databases
    Nothing generated & Fake here

    *USA UK CANADA Fullz
    *SSN-NIN-SIN with DL Address Phone email etc.
    *DL with SSN & Selfie USA
    *DL With Selfie UK CA SP RUS AUS IT FR BR GR IR
    *USA W-2 forms filling info available
    *Tax Returns-2026 filling fullz available
    *High Credit Scores Pros 700+
    *Company EIN|LLC Docs with DL & W-2
    *Young Age, OLD Age & Children Fullz USA (2009-2023)(1930-2008)

    You can contact us here 24/7:
    #Telegram – @ killhacks – @ leadsupplier
    #What’s App – +1-727*788*6129
    #TG Channel – t.me/leadsproviderworldwide
    #Discord – @ leads.seller
    #VK Messenger – @ leadsupplier
    #Signal – @ killhacks.90
    #Email – dghacks2 at gmail dot com
    #Zangi – 17-7369-4210

    *(Be aware from the scammers, only contact on the given details)

    Email Leads & Combos
    Crypto|Forex|Stocks|Investments Leads
    Payday & Loan Leads
    Crypto Investors & Exchanges Leads
    Sweep Stakes Fresh hunting
    Office365 Leads & Logins
    PayPal Leads & Logins
    Netflix|Amazon|Ebay Combos
    Medical|Health|Doctor Database

    Carding Methods & Carding tutorials (PDF & Videos)
    Sp@mming Stuff (All tools & Tutorials with Leads)
    CC Tutorials & CC Cash out Methods
    CC to BTC & CC To bank Transfers Methods
    Cvv dumps 101 & 202 with pin
    KYC Stuff for Account opening
    Bank Statements & Utilities Bill

    Many Other stuff available
    If you’re interested in anything let give a chance to our stuff
    Contact details are given & be aware from scammers

    #taxseason #usataxseason #taxseason2026 #tax2026 #taxfilling #taxreturn
    #usatrump #TrumpMAGA #Trumpera #USAmilitary #USAIran #Worldwar #WW3 #RussiaUkraine
    #USAVenezuela #Cryptobullrun #BTC #NASDAQ #S&P500 #ETH #Cryptoetfs #Binance #BinanceCZ


  • Harry

    Hello Everyone
    FRESH USA UK CANADA SSN NIN SIN SP@MMED & VERIFIED AVAILABLE
    UPDATED 2025
    (FULLZ – LEADS – DATABASE)
    =======
    Huge discounts on bulk order
    Samples available for info only
    Replacement for invalid or wrong info
    Payment in any Crypto
    Stuff will be deliver after payment
    We are available 24/7
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    → SSN DOB DL ADDRESS EMPLOYMENT BANK INFO & ROUTING NUMBER
    → UK NIN DOB DL ADDRESS SORT CODE
    → SIN DOB ADDRESS MMN PHONE EMAIL
    → REAL DL SCAN FRONT BACK WITH SELFIE & SSN
    → SSN DOB ADDRESS PHONE EMAIL
    → PASSPORT PHOTOS
    → YOUNG & OLD AGE FULLZ
    → BUSINESS EIN COMPANY PROS
    → DEAD FULLZ
    → BUSINESS OWNER LEADS
    → PAYDAY & PERSONAL LOAN LEADS
    → FIRST HIT SWEEPSTAKES
    → CASINO LEADS
    → HOME OWNER LEADS
    → EMPLOYEE LEADS
    → USA BANK LEADS
    → EMAIL, COMBOS & PHONE NUMBER LEADS
    → CRYPTO & FOREX LEADS
    → STOCK MARKET LEADS
    → CARS DATA BASE WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER
    → LOAN & CASHOUT METHODS
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Available at:
    (Tele Gram) > @Lead_pro20
    (Whats App) > (+1)… 605-8461-870..
    (E-Mail) > datatrader3 at g mail dot com


  • Palkiniqv

    Добрый день!

    На рынке появилась программа, которой, пожалуй, еще нет аналогов. Торговать валютой или бинарными опционами еще никогда не было так легко.

    Посмотрите видео торговли на реальных счетах: https://bit.ly/3msCL3p

    С уважением, Nicol

    https://andrescjvu38157.bloggerchest.com/5406010/Эта-программа-должна-быть-у-каждого-трейдера-Качественное-определение-движения-цены-на-форекс-и-БОТрейдинг-понятный-каждому/ терминал форекс
    http://mariodlxp08135.yomoblog.com/8089961/Эта-программа-должна-быть-у-каждого-трейдера-Трейдинг-понятный-каждому-Как-торговать-валютой-или-опционами-без-нервов/ бизнес биржа криптовалют
    http://knoxmvsm00000.blogstival.com/26127438/ биржи трейдинга криптовалют
    http://travispgve60368.total-blog.com/-28336550/ трейдер система
    https://spencerohiw63939.bloginwi.com/38526851/Трейдинг-понятный-каждому-Трейдинг-понятный-каждому-Примеры-торговли-на-реальных-счетах/ wcx биржа криптовалют


Leave a comment