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The Year I Learned How to Build a Barn Wall
It was the summer of 2012, in a barn, in Cygnet Ohio. Cygnet is one or two exits south of Bowling Green Ohio. It is entirely rural,...
Xain VanVooren
Mar 7, 202310 min read


Myozen
Our relationship started, and developed as peers. It began in a book study. From the first time we met, I knew the instant you looked...
Xain VanVooren
Feb 22, 20235 min read


An Etherial Karmic Experience
On my spiritual path, I have learned to value the lives of not only fellow humans, but the lives of all things, great and small. I am...
Xain VanVooren
Feb 22, 20235 min read


Cooter and Skeeter
This story begins in the middle of a large field of sand. It is the middle of summer, and the route 24 project is fully underway. The...
Xain VanVooren
Feb 21, 202311 min read


My First Headshot ...Sort Of
A vulnerable story of my first, and unfortunately my second headshot experience. I can officially log my first headshot in the books. I...
Xain VanVooren
Feb 26, 20215 min read


Loneliness
Like Ships passing in the night. . . . The mood was one of finality. The workday was done. The sun was setting, and the last ferry of...
Xain VanVooren
Jan 17, 20214 min read


I got the shot
Publishing photos despite my worst critic's opinion . . . I've been an "auto" shooter for most of my life. In the last couple of years,...
Xain VanVooren
Jan 10, 20213 min read