by mike | Oct 12, 2020 | OST Believes
I’m participating in an online workshop for creative people such as artists, writers, musicians and so on. One of the exercises we’re asked to do is produce a piece of creative work every day for the 100 days of the workshop. I started a journal titled Owning My Voice...
by mike | Sep 21, 2020 | OST Believes |
The First Encounter Do you remember your first encounter with trains? When I think of trains, memories of sights and sounds that I can’t experience firsthand anymore come flooding back. I recall the joy of watching a train from the window of my childhood home, of...
by mike | Sep 15, 2020 | OST Believes, The Modeling Conversation |
It’s a simple crossing, a nondescript two-lane road that could be anywhere. It’s a chance to study a piece of the real world and duplicate it in miniature. The road intersects two tracks, providing for some extra modeling enjoyment. The flange ways faithfully portray...
by mike | Aug 24, 2020 | OST Believes |
Nine years ago I thought this blog would last less than a year before running out of ideas but 507 posts later here we are. Thank you all for sticking around and for the wonderful comments you’ve offered. You make the blog better in every way, with your thoughtfulness...
by mike | Aug 17, 2020 | OST Believes
Change is the one constant. It sounds like an oxymoron some wag made up long ago, yet this year has proven the truth of it like no other I recall. Consider this location where Norfolk Southern D9-4400, #9519 trundles gently toward the camera, to begin the day’s work....
by mike | Aug 10, 2020 | OST Believes, The Missing Conversation, The Modeling Conversation
How do you enjoy the railroad? Do you like chasing a train to catch it at multiple locations, or content to stay in one spot to see what happens? Have you ever considered how this preference might impact your thinking about layout design? How do you look at the world?...
