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Listening

Life has taken on a new rhythm for the past six weeks. It’s perhaps less striking for me – someone who already worked from home and for whom employment has been steady – but it is still noticeably different. The extra expanses of time and solitude have allowed something else to grow.  I’ve called it […]

April 27, 2020

In This Together

Yesterday, the United States celebrated its Declaration of Independence from Britain. A group of disparate colonies clinging to the Atlantic Coast banded together to detach themselves from the control of another country and they fought a bloody, protracted war to make that independence possible. History tells us that the thirteen colonies were hardly in agreement […]

July 5, 2018

Tumbling in the Stream

Earlier this summer, I spent a wonderful 24 hours near the Oregon Coast with two dear friends. Along with wonderful meals and conversations, we spent a fair amount of time exploring. Instead of heading a few miles to the coast however, we turned our view inland, following rivers and creeks rapidly descending from the peaks […]

July 11, 2016

Clearing Skies

I have a habit of deciding to go on hikes on a whim. I may or may not have water or even an idea of where the trail leads, but I’m always game for a long walk. This morning I woke up restless and feeling like getting out of town. So I drove 70 miles […]

July 3, 2016

What Photography Teaches

15 year old boys can be rather inscrutable. When that 15 year old is a beloved nephew, you jump on anything that pulls them out of their silent cave and into conversation. One of the things my nephew and I both enjoy is photography. On his most recent birthday, he asked for money for a […]

April 10, 2016

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