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Sometimes, when you don’t really feel like going for a hike but it’s really nice out and you’ve been inside all day so you figure you should go anyway, you get more than a nice time in fresh air. I only had my phone with me, but often for shots in this kind of lighting, … Read more
Today’s writing offers you a nudge to put yourself out there a bit if you have some ideas or some work and you’re afraid to share it. You never know what people will like. Some of the things I have worked the hardest on have received no response. Some of the things I’ve dashed off … Read more
As a person estranged from my family of origin, I’ve been told many times that I am obligated to be in contact or spend holidays or whatever because they’re family and there are things that you overlook or put up with because they’re family. (I wonder how the family sounds in your head compared to … Read more
Keeping my promise from last week, today’s shots are from a bit of time we spent at the beach while in Florida for Christmas. We hadn’t planned to go to the beach. We were at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and had looked up trails and such to wander around on. But we stopped in … Read more
A note I made from an email I received maybe a year ago: “To be mean seems exhausting.” Jedidiah Jenkins (I just went and looked him up, because I didn’t know who he was/who I was quoting, and he seems pretty neat. His TEDx talk was interesting to listen to.) “Mean” is rooted in fear, … Read more
Because very little if anything in life is completely binary, I felt myself needing to qualify many of these thoughts as I wrote. Instead, I’m just going to say here at the beginning that yes, there are exceptions to these generalizations, and since they’re exceptions, their incidence is low. If you’re feeling like you’re the … Read more
We took the opportunity to go to an Asian lantern festival at the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Garden while we were relatively nearby for Christmas. I’m not entirely sure what I was expecting, but what we saw exceeded my expectations—it was delightful! Lovely to see some cactus. A little bit like being home. Though … Read more
For my final blog post of 2021—the year in review. It was a wild year, deeply creative, with a lot of output. This time last year, I’d just finished writing a book (first round writing, not editing and such), quit my job due to COVID concerns, and was going to see what I could do … Read more
At Kennedy Space Center, there’s a memorial area to the astronauts lost on Columbia and Challenger. There’s a case—like a large shadowbox—for each astronaut with their name, a photo, and some items summarizing their lives and their humanity. A piece of sheet music for one who was a musician. A uniform and katana for one … Read more
Was out of town and went for a walk. Saw an acorn on the sidewalk. And some flowers. Probably weeds, but I liked them. There were red ones, too, but none of those photos turned out. (I can’t always get the little Nikon to focus on what I want it to. Problem I don’t necessarily … Read more