The Unknown Door

The Unknown Door

What is a recurring dream you’ve had that is so profound it keeps coming back? Over the last number of years, I’ve had one that stands out: “In my condo (which would take various forms in different dreams as all dreams do), I discovered a door -a door that...
Focus in Uncertainty

Focus in Uncertainty

Are we done yet with New Year’s myriad of invitations to vision and map out a course for 2024: do this, buy that, time is running out on limited offers? With a new F.O.C.U.S** (wait for it) for 2024, I bit the bullet and got an “At-A-Glance” daytimer. I wanted...
Against the Grain

Against the Grain

One of the things I love (and not so great at) is ice skating. Love the sound of the blades cutting into the ice on a brilliant winter day. My nose runneth over with fresh air– hallelujah sinuses. The number of times I skate per year can be counted on a three-toed...
Joy to Your World

Joy to Your World

Just for the heck of it, I watched the 1999 remake of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ with Patrick Steward (aka Jean-Luc Picard) taking on Ebenezer Scrooge. The miserable-est of the miserable. The ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, showed his...
Stuffed

Stuffed

How does the saying go? “Trying to stuff a 50 lb. sausage into a 10 lb. sack.” Not a pretty picture. Raking leaves, I was stuffing as much as I could into one big industrial strength bag – even if that meant laying on the bag to compress for more room. One might...
Can You Spot the Elk?

Can You Spot the Elk?

What I love about photography is that your photos are your unique lens on life and the world. Two people capture the same event differently. A photo also asks – who took this picture, where is so and so, and where was this pic taken? After saying all that,...