During a week where the smoky haze and cold temperatures were creating interesting sunrises, that I was finding difficult to capture, I realized that my camera and I are having relationship and communication issues and cannot reach an agreement on many important topics. After arguing over our creative differences and proper settings, I finally gave…
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The park ambassador quietly watches and listens all hours of the day. He wonders about the herons strong introvert spirit and the constant sandhill squawking. Always knows when Miss Cardinal is irritated and a new addition is roaming the land as gathering morsels of information has replaced days spent soaring.
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Thoughts whirling with each lifestyle change.
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One of those weeks just hanging around and wandering the paths under cool blue skies On an empty path there was the sudden desire to joyfully scream “PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE” and hear it echo across the lake as I enjoyed a delicious sip. Obviously this crabby fella isn’t a fan.
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Imagination and escape became a theme in my life this week as I was not in the mood for the current reality. “If you want to escape this reality all you have to do is open a book and your imagination.” (unknown) Photography and books are wonderful avenues of escape as the cares of the…
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I’ve always loved the power of words and the ability of a writer to masterly compose a sentence that leaves you swimming in the depths of the powerful emotions they evoke. I don’t have any such sentences like that for you, but I do have a few words and phrases that have been bandied about.…
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Back in the ’90s Seinfeld was my favorite show and who knew decades later life would become a permanent episode of “Bizarro World.” At dawn the day arrives appearing normal, but then the hours roll along and with a subtle shift on the surface the “bizarro” creeps into the scene.
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During these topsy turvy days where confusion reigns I find myself desperate for facts and honest answers and thought I would go straight to the source and ask the chicken why she crossed the road and imagine my surprise when it swore and let me know “I’m a free-range chicken and I do what I…
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As the days drift by and I pause for a moment with the stillness of a dragonfly amidst the blurring landscape of life, I appreciate that in the journey of letting go I’m surrounded by calm waters.
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While wandering through my days this week, now permanently called “Someday, Noneday, Whoseday?, Whensday?, Blursday, Whyday?, Doesn’tmatterday” after reading an article in The New Yorker on the Lexicon For A Pandemic, I was reminded of my journey toward a simple lifestyle that began in the ’90s. It would take another twenty years of making small and…
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