SPLENDOR IN ECUADOR – PART 1
It’s hard to believe that three weeks have passed since we returned home from our Ecuador adventure. I had hoped to get some images posted sooner than this, but a…
ON THE ROAD AGAIN!
“The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” ⁓ William Least Heat Moon tasting the berries greeting the bluejays learning and loving…
LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS
For the past week, I have felt this intense need to look at photographs. I don’t mean to look at photographs-in-the-making, those being exposed; I mean to look at photographs…
THE SILENCE IS NEARLY PERFECT
Today I found myself thinking these negative thoughts because there is so much craziness happening in the world now! The danger, of course, is overlooking the positives—a concord of…
ON THE SOLSTICE
I am always filled with a bit more optimism on this day. To know that days are now getting longer and that soon I will wake in the light rather…
A GIFT OF A DIFFERENT KIND
Last chance! Buy one and get one free! 'Tis the season to be needled by these constant commercials. It is why December makes my head spin. When I had children…
LET THE FEELING BE LOVE
All you need is love. ~ John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980) The deluge of news about acts of terror at home and around the world makes…
Giving Thanks
Today, I want to share an image for which I am especially thankful. I took this photograph several years ago when I was lucky enough to spend several weeks in…
A Poem by Yusef Komunyakaa for this Day of Remembrance
Thinking of all our Veterans today. I offer a poem by Yusef Komunyakaa, from his 1988 collection, Dien Cai Dau, which focused on his experiences in Vietnam. Dien cai dau…
