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The Wait

In the mountains, the time between first light and sunrise stretches long. Dusk is measured in hours not minutes. The sun’s path across the sky is shortened by jagged walls of earth and rock. Those mountains, breathtaking in their beauty, are really scars on the earth. Leftovers of terrible ripping and searing fire. Covered now […]

November 19, 2018

The Things We Don’t Say

We all have rules about what we’ll say and what we won’t. Some people feel that withholding any thought or feeling is the same thing as lying.  Others live by radical honesty. Even if it hurts or offends someone else, they will always speak their truth. Then there are those who subscribe to the power […]

August 6, 2018

Portraits

I hate having my picture taken. I know I’m not alone in this, and it’s probably for the same reason many people don’t like it. It can be summed up in this (usually dismayed) reaction: Is that what I really look like? Until very recently, portraits were almost always created by an other. Somebody else took […]

February 5, 2018

Randomgrams – Winter 2017/18

It’s been a while since I did a roundup of highlights from the Instagram account. This selection is less about travel… unless maybe you look at it as travel through time since I’ve been featuring photos I took on my very first digital camera back in the pre-iPhone days.   Back in November I was […]

January 29, 2018

Pre-emptive Gratitude

Recently I heard two charming anecdotes that stuck with me. One was the story of a Croatian nun. She encouraged a tour group to her ancient abbey to sing a song to test out the amazing acoustics of a particular chapel. They did and belted out a hymn that included the word “Hallelujah.” It was […]

January 22, 2018

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