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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 10/04/2026

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

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.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 05/04/2026

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

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

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 20/03/2026

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

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

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 10/02/2026

When I used to make photos like this around Atlanta.

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.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 06/02/2026

Also good, but the audiobook wasn't the best call. Zone out for one second while driving or running and I'm lost. Have had to read a couple chapter summaries after the fact to make sure I was following.

Screenshot of the audiobook version of The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 05/02/2026

Good so far, about 1/3 of the way through.

Cover of "If Beale Street Could Talk" by James Baldwin on my Kobo e-reader.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 02/02/2026

Didn't sleep last night. Just constant panic attack after how much money I spent on this yesterday. Very happy, and it's a somewhat needed business expense, but it was still painful.

Me holding a Sony A7R5 with a 50mm 1.4 lens attached.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 28/01/2026

Like, is this about Indonesia in the mid 1960s, or about the U.S. today? Maybe mass murder isn't occurring yet, or maybe it is? The communists weren't dangerous, but they were popular. Their popularity would make it harder for the U.S. to properly exploit the country's resource-rich land for profit.

Screenshot of my e-reader with highlighted text that reads: This was a new characteristic of the mass violence. People weren't killed in the streets, making it very clear to families that they were gone. They weren't officially executed. They were arrested and then disappeared in the middle of the night. Loved ones often had no idea if their relatives were still alive, making them even more paralyzed with fear. If they complained, or rebelled, could that be what cost their imprisoned loved ones their lives? Might they be taken too? Even in the face of overwhelming evidence that mass murder is occurring, the human instinct is to hold out hope that your son, or your daughter, might still be saved. This freezes people, and makes populations much more quiescent- easier to exterminate and easier to control.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 25/01/2026

I just called and left a message. It was easy. You can too! This is the template I came up with...

Senator ______

My name is _____ and I am one of your constituents here in Atlanta, and I just wanted to call and urge you to vote against any budget that would fund ICE. I will be awaiting a response from you, and I look forward to seeing you out in the streets with the rest of us speaking out against the insanity that is taking place in Minnesota, but is surely headed our way too if we don’t stop it now. Thanks for your time!

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 17/01/2026

The vacant house next door is no longer vacant.

A run down, vacant house with a cat sitting inside of a broken window.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 16/01/2026

Finished listening to this today too. Should be required reading/listening for everyone. Probably gonna buy an actual physical copy as well.

Screenshot of the audiobook version of "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" by Omar El Akkad.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 03/01/2026

read this book toward the end of last year and its still relevant, of course. the story never really ends.

The cover of the book titled "Gangsters of Capitalism" by Johnathan M. Katz. Features a portrait of Smedley Butler, the former marine. Also have some gangstery looking dudes with top hats and I am unsure who they are exactly.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 01/01/2026

5 years, no alcohol! Here are some photos of me.

Me standing in front of a purple and blue wall with a denim jacket and braves hat on.

Me standing in front of a purple , green, and blue wall with a denim jacket and braves hat on.

Black and white photo of me smiling on a park bench.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 05/12/2025

Almost got a nice photo.

Decent family Christmas portrait, but the kids are making goofy faces.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 26/11/2025

Went to the Church to read the Akathist to St. Catherine, my wife’s patron saint.

Photo of an Orthodox Church. A view facing toward the front of the Iconostasis.

Rejoice, for by your blood you manifestly cried out to Christ your Bridegroom: I flee to the fragrance of your noetic myrrh which has flowed forth, O my
Bridegroom!'
Rejoice, for you retired to splendid mansions, arrayed in bridal vesture, holding a virgin's lamp in your right hand, and your decapitated head in your left;
Rejoice, for your divinely wise prayer was acceptable to God; for those who call upon your name with faith does the Master save from temptations, granting them good health and delivering them from afflictions of soul and body!

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 13/11/2025

I know it's been making the rounds, but this is evergreen.

a tweet that reads "Well, I'd like to see ol Donny Trump wriggle his way out of THIS jam!
*Trump wriggles his way out of the jam easily*
Ah! Well. Nevertheless,"

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 05/11/2025

I am an e-reader guy now.

My Kobo Clara e-reader displaying the cover of The Sandinista Revolution by Mateo Jarquin.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 14/10/2025

Gonna take the new Kodacolor 200 for a spin. #35mm #filmphotography

A Nikon L35AF with a roll of the new Kodacolor 200

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 12/10/2025

Not all of our parents and grandparents have Fox News brain.

A phone screenshot of a conversation with my grandmother where i sent several pictures from a trip to california.
One photo is of the LA skyline from the top of Elysian Park and the words “fuck ice” are spray painted on the ground in the foreground. She replied with “hahahahah! my sentiments exactly!👍🏻 “

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 12/10/2025

Shocked yet not surprised that there were actually pickup trucks on the beltline. #35mm #filmphotography

Woman in plaid shirt standing in front of a wall of graffiti.

And old, red BMW parked in front of colorfully painted walls.

Woman standing in front of a mural that reads “West End, Atlanta, Ga” with a bunch of Coca Cola branding on it.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 07/10/2025

Started this today and it’s good so far. About the working homeless in America, but it’s specifically about 5 people/families in Atlanta. A lot of you probably already know about this one, but I hadn’t gotten to it yet.

Audio book “cover” of Brian Goldstone’s book “There Is No Place For Us.”

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 05/10/2025

Santa Monica, shot on the Olympus Pen D3. #35mm #filmphotography

A group of people taking a selfie in front of the Route 66 sign on the Santa Monica pier.

The Ferris wheel and roller coaster on the Santa Monica pier.

A mother and son sitting on a bench looking out at the ocean.

A couple ordering food at Smashies Burgers on the Santa Monica pier.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 04/10/2025

Hard to deny the beaches are beautiful and all, but getting out of Orange County for a bit was good for the soul. #35mm #filmphotography

A view of the LA skyline from the top of Elysian Park. "Fuck Ice" is spray painted on the asphalt in the foreground.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 04/10/2025

Palm trees, California. Bought a Canon F-1 while I was out there and this was from a test roll. The on-board meter was a little different than what I was used to, so I wasn't sure how they'd turn out. #35mm #filmphotography

Looking through the trees in Laguna Beach with the ocean in the background.

A woman and her dog standing next to palm trees looking out at the ocean.

Three palm trees in the center frame a dusk with the moon just above them.

A photo looking up at 9 palm trees with the sky in the background.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 30/09/2025

Mentally I am here. Physically, too.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 29/09/2025

Basically an antifa fueled war zone out here in the radically-woke southern california.

A surfer stands on the beach as the sun sets in the background.

A skateboarder skates past a large pink house on the coast at sunset.

A couple sitting on a bench on a pier looking out over the ocean.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 25/09/2025

Was looking forward to cooler mornings again but it really wasn’t much cooler this morning. Like running while wrapped in a warm, wet blanket.

Screenshot of my Strava stats. 5 mile run at a 9:36 minute pace.

Screenshot of Apple Music while Blink 182’s Enema of the State is playing.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 24/09/2025

At a Braves game and dropped a mustard covered hotdog on myself. #blessed #fortheA

Photo of my crotch covered in mustard. I’m wearing black jeans.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 21/09/2025

Writing about my recent Florida vacation in my next newsletter.

Welcome to the Gulf of Whatever
No, you haven't completely lost your mind. You aren't stuck in a time loop. There is no glitch in the matrix. That really is the 20th Alvin's Island beachwear shop that you have passed in the last 15 minutes while driving down Highway 98 in Walton County, Florida.
Once you finally pass all of the Publix shopping centers, the familiar chain restaurants heroically poised amidst the vast expanse of an endless sea of asphalt, the bedraggled strip malls with the same amount of parking spots as the nearby Destin-Fort Walton Beach airport, the myriad of self-storage facilities, the construction equipment, and the multi-million dollar beachfront VRBO's located only a moderately-difficult bike ride away from a trailer park are some of the nicest beaches anywhere in the country, or perhaps even the world.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 09/09/2025

just ate a number 1, triple, from wendys and i am not gonna lie it went pretty hard.

a wendys triple cheeseburger with fries sitting on an unwrapped burger wrapper. a blob of ketchup next to the fries.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 25/08/2025

Some film from my little Olympus half-frame camera. #35mm

Wife and kids standing together on the beach, blue water from the Gulf of Mexico in the background.

Wife and kids walking in the beach. Blue water and high rise condos in the background.

My kids walking on the beach. My son is about knee deep in the water.

A sign on the beach that reads “keep off the dunes” with the dunes behind it.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 19/08/2025

These jellyfish are getting on my nerves.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 18/08/2025

Phone vs Lumix LX10. Rare that I make it into a family photo as I am always the one taking the photos.

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kurtis @kurtismjohnson.me · 17/08/2025

Went to the Gulf of Mexico instead of Jekyll this year. Water is much nicer, but it’s much more crowded and I don’t dig that. Can’t complain about spending time with this crew though.