Priest placing Christ on the cross during Great and Holy Friday.

Great and Holy Friday service. Wide shot of the room and everyone holding candles.

People following along in little booklets containing the 12 Gospel readings during the Good Friday service on Thursday evening.

A crucifix in the middle of an Orthodox Church on Good Friday.

"Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Cross."

I've also been a couple times to other locations and regretted it. Seems I always accidentally park on the opposite side from the bathrooms and am forced to walk across the entire hellscape.

When I was regularly traveling to Chattanooga for work I would still top at the Buc-ee's exit but go to the Love's across the street. Empty, wonderful. Buc-ee's aint for me. It's for other people.

Also been reading a lot of Russian literature lately that has undoubtedly impacted my perspective. lol.

Themes: - Nothing left to do but pray. Not in a bullshit "thoughts and prayers" kind of way, but in a profound and truer sense. A return to Eden. A desire to eat to commune with God, to eat to taste, rather than simply eat to live. - Regarding all of today's chaos, how can I blame certain people when I myself have done nothing for the poor? I haven't loved those around me. I havent fasted. I haven't prayed. - Our actions, or lack thereof, affect those around us in some sort of spiritual and mystical sense. Perhaps they affect even those people we hate. Maybe I share some responsibility for other's suffering after all. Maybe I am the one dropping the bombs. - What is the purpose of faith if it's merely "hope" in something greater? People find hope in a lot of things. What makes this special? It has to require action. It has to cost something. It requires "carrying your cross." Maybe this is what makes our faith into truth.

Themes:

Working on an article about faith. I always get extra religious during Holy Week and Easter.

Maybe I am speaking too much from my own personal experience. I am certainly not one to defend the Biden's, but I knew a couple people who made these issues their entire personality for a while. It was odd and annoying, but you could also kinda live with it.

I used to get so annoyed at libertarians for complaining about dumb stuff like Hunter Biden's laptop or when Joe Biden made airlines get rid of hidden fees. I would now love to return to those simpler times.

(Yes, Easter is actually next weekend for the rest of us.)

A copy of the book "Life Expectancy," a memoir written by Rachael Maddux.

Started this last night. A book about growing up in the south and contemplating death? Sounds like a great Holy Week read to me! @rachaelmaddux.bsky.social

Most Substacks are just a little too long.

April fools! Haha. I'm just kidding.

War planes circling my house before heading to the stadium for THE ANTHEM. #braves

this got me all excited for a sec.

A photo of a copy of Chekhov's selected stories and the Michael Katz translation of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.

About to start C&P. I've read TBK and The Idiot, but never this. I hear this translation is good.

One of my fav parts of the whole book.

I'm at work constantly being annoyed but all I want to do is go home and read Chekhov. I just...like... can't even.

exactly! and its why trump wants to increase the military budget to 1.5 trillion! very tired of this timeline.

As a defense contractor who manufactures weapons for the government, this is great news for me!

1000000%

Running has helped me so much with stress and anxiety over the last couple years. Highly recommend.

columbus georgia is beautiful this time of year. they have soda in atlanta too.

I go to Irvine once a year for work. I always like to take an extra day off out there to drive to LA to recover before returning home.

Just look at the difference

I finished reading Moby Dick early this morning. I then checked my phone for the first time today and saw the headline. Maybe the U.S. is the Pequod, and the whale is our hubris.

Well said.

Really trying to stay off this app for a bit but this is so hilarious. Ma'am, were you expecting him to talk about childcare? What on earth made you think he would talk about childcare? Do you *want* him talking about childcare? Lmao. LMAOOO. LLLMMMMAAAOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Simpler times. Before I wanted/needed to make money with a camera. I am seeing now that I enjoyed this better then.

Peachtree Center Marta Station. Both trains pulling in.

A person walking down a tunnel at Peachtree Center in Atlanta.

The Bank of America building in midtown Atlanta with a streak of sunlight across the sky behind it.

A man going down an escalator at Five Points station in Atlanta.

When I used to make photos like this around Atlanta.

my game day "big smokies" were a hit last night! you make them the same way as little smokies except you use entire hotdogs instead.