People (including me) sometimes imagine that business travel is so glamorous. That in between meetings you really get to know the places you visit, sampling the sights, the cuisine and the atmosphere. Yeah. Right. In fact, I often can cruise in and out of a city and barely catch a glimpse of the skyline from […]
Cutting back
One of the hardest lessons for me to learn as a gardener has been the value of cutting back. It’s easy enough to do when plants have died or grown completely out of control. At those points the problem – and the solution – are obvious. What’s more difficult is trimming and pruning before things […]
The Big Easy
One of the great joys of my job is the chance to travel around the country to visit clients. Recently, I got to visit New Orleans. I haven’t been there in more than 10 years, and was anxious to see if it lived up to my (fond) memories. . While my time was short, and […]
Today, I can’t
It’s been said that on the walls of Mother Teresa’s room was a version of “The Paradoxical Commandments” of Dr. Kent Keith. His commandments remind us that “The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.” I wonder if he meant […]
Capturing color
In my experiments with photography using the iPhone, one of the consistent challenges I’ve faced is capturing intense, vibrant colors. Invariably, they look too hot or too pink or too yellow or too… something. Strong color can overwhelm the lens of the little iPhone camera – at least in the hands of an amateur like […]
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