Short Version: I am a blogger, a writer, a poet, a photographer and a coffee shop connoisseur. I blog about many subjects from technology to theology as well as personal entries about my challenges as a writer and photographer.
I began this particular blog in November, 2018 when my wife and I were living in Boise, Idaho. Those posts were mostly photographs as we drove all over the mountains, valleys, deserts and brush of that very beautiful area.
After returning to Florida in 2021 my posts moved a little away from photography and became more personal, as I strive to move forward with my writing career. I also started posting some humor.
I now live in Lake Placid, Florida. Not sure where the next stop will be.
Long Version: My name is Dart. About 1,000 guys in America may have that as their first or middle name. It can be short for “Darton”, an English word that means quiet, peaceful meadow. Or a deer park. Or a forest of deer or something else depending upon your alcohol intake. Obviously it is from England. Or Scandinavia.
The word “Scape” means an extensive view, scenery, a picture or representation according to dictionary.com. Examples include Landscape, Waterscape, Cityscape, Mindscape, Moonscape, Seascape.
Thus, Dartscape is my view of life, how I see things. For those of you who are older than the hills, you might remember the very first graphic internet browser, called Netscape. This was in the 1990s. It was about that time that I purchased the domain name dartscape.com. Decades later, the browser known as Netscape is long gone, but I continue onward!
Doing what?
Blogging about:
- The art of writing and my efforts to have more of my fiction published.
- The art of photography and my efforts to have more of my photography published.
- Stuff going on in my life.
- Things I find interesting.
- Humor
My Writing: My humor book was published in July 2022 detailing how a Florida native reacted to moving to Boise, Idaho.It is so funny it may cause you to pop out kidney stones. You can find it on Amazon here.
Since then I have written a 71,000 word novel that is sitting at a publisher’s office currently.They haven’t taken out a restraining order against me yet, so maybe they are considering publishing it.
Meanwhile, I have participated in several creative writing courses and started writing Flash Fiction, which are very short stories, usually less than 1,000 words. As of November 2024 I have twenty-five stories published in many magazines, including WitCraft, 101 Words, Everyday Fiction, Flash Fiction magazine, Friday Flash Fiction and others.
More about me?
- Masters of Science degree in education
- Bachelors of Liberal Arts degree
- Worked 25 years in higher education
- Worked as university Adjunct Faculty
- Worked a decade in bank management
- Three years in real estate.
- Three years worked for an atheist TV preacher.
- Married with one step-daughter
- I am a cat lover. Four currently
- Born again Christian who actually reads the bible
- Love science! Astronomy, Quantum Physics and Evolution
- Politically independent. Dislike both parties
- Love very old black and white movies
- Jazz, classical, blues or 1950’s head banging rock and roll
- Born in Miami, Florida. Currently residing in south central Florida.
- Worship coffee and coffee shops
- Sarcastic
- Cynical at times
- Enjoy laughing and making others laugh.
Benefits of reading this blog:
- You might read something interesting, but no guarantees.
- All my posts are gluten free and totally 100% organic, low in fat, and Keto friendly.
- My posts rarely cause rashes.
- Occasionally one of my cats will write a guest post.
- What the hell else you got to do?
Jokes: During the Pandemic Crisis of 2020-22 I started posting jokes that I found online that made me laugh. We all needed cheering up during those days, right? I have a somewhat English sense of humor so not everything I find stupid hilarious will make you laugh. Trigger Warning: These jokes may be considered “off color”. If you are a Karen or extensively sensitive, I suggest you refrain from reading my jokes, or pretty much anything else on this site. I have no clue where these jokes originated from I just found them online. I did not write them.
Do me a favor? If you read something here that you like, please leave a comment. You are not even required to leave your name if you do not want to. It helps me to continue on! You don’t want to see me go the way of Netscape, do you?
Dart
dart @ dartscape.com