https://themalarkeybin.co/2016/02/06/different-and-special-and-quiet/https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kayandgwen.jpgkayandgwenMy Aunt Kay with my niece Gwen in the last Louisiana snow I experienced in 2004, a few months before I moved to North Carolina.https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/me-and-ta.jpgT.A. and Little Melissahttps://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/snow-day-19-of-28.jpgsnow day (19 of 28)Photo © MJRichard Photography https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/snow-day-1721.jpgsnow day-17212026-04-04T22:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/2016/02/21/notes-on-notes-scribbling-love/https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_1919.jpg©MJRichard Photographyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_1909.jpg©MJRichard Photographyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/365_new4.jpg365_New4A cold day with the Polaroid 250https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1.jpgFirst photo with the SX-70https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_1830.jpg©MJRichard Photography2026-04-04T22:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/2026/04/04/wisely-and-slow/https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/img_5426.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2026-04-04T21:57:53+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/2026/03/14/midlife-malarkey/2026-03-14T23:41:15+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/about/2026-03-08T19:10:09+00:00weekly0.6https://themalarkeybin.co/2013/01/06/on-inspiration-or-not-maybe-kind-of-not-really-perhaps/https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/writingx4.jpgWritingX4https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/computer-frustrated1.jpgComputer-Frustrated1What I think of when I think of writing, period. https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/genius.jpgGeniusHave brain, will travel, indeed. https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kotterx-large.jpgMr. KotterJohn Keating as my teaching inspiration? Afraid not. I aim for something along the lines of Mr. Kotter. Without the mustache, of course. https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/310231_1951476069494_1320391457_1679224_1940963621_n.jpgPS 2011Was I inspired here? Not at this moment. At this moment, I was thinking "thank the gods I didn't drop this damn sword. I'm so happy this number, and show, is over. Can we get something to eat now? I'm starving." 2015-01-04T20:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/2013/06/11/ode-to-the-mealydad/https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/me-and-dad-messed-up.jpgme and dad messed uphttps://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/the-scooter-trash-bandits.jpgThe Scooter Trash BanditsMealyDad and D (aka "The Scooter Trash Bandits) on our post-degree ride. https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/l_d3e1d9409cb3788cc1919431ea8b455d.jpgl_d3e1d9409cb3788cc1919431ea8b455dMealyDad all leathered-out, going for a ride. https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/a-clay-kerrie.jpga clay kerrieDancing with my sister at his wedding to my (now ex) stepmother. See? Formal doo-rag. https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/me-and-dad-at-the-races.jpgme and dad at the racesMe and the MealyDad at the drag strip back in the day. You heard me. The drag strip. The drag strip was good family fun from the MealyDad's perspective. 2013-09-25T04:50:54+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/2013/03/06/dissertations-should-come-with-warning-labels/https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_3227.jpgDSC_3227What I would rather be doing. https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_8026.jpg2013-06-11T06:31:31+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/2013/05/22/dr-done-a-photo-essay/https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_8871.jpgDSC_8871https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_8647.jpgDSC_8647Me and Lil' Dickens drinking at home on the final draft of my dissertation.https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_8182.jpgDSC_8182https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_7493.jpgDSC_7493https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_8169.jpgDSC_8169https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_8006.jpgDSC_8006https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_7987.jpgDSC_7987https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_7969.jpgDSC_7969https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_7779.jpgDSC_7779https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_8150.jpgDSC_81502013-12-08T17:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/2013/02/05/what-a-dissertation-feels-like/https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_7815.jpgDSC_7815The King of Hearts gives excellent writing advice. Not so easy to follow, though. 2013-05-22T06:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/2013/01/02/what-it-means-to-say-home/https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_6704.jpgDSC_6704https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_6428.jpgDSC_6428https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_7401.jpgDSC_7401https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_7017.jpgDSC_7017https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_6867.jpgDSC_6867https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_6958.jpgDSC_6958https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_7387.jpgDSC_7387https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_6759.jpgDSC_6759https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_6719.jpgDSC_6719https://themalarkeybin.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_6705.jpgDSC_67052013-02-06T04:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.co/2012/12/07/in-memoriam/2012-12-15T13:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://themalarkeybin.codaily1.02026-04-04T22:04:09+00:00