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Impermanence & Gratitude
Living with the impermanence of life and practicing an attitude of gratitude is a tricky balancing act sometimes (well, all the time actually). Life is fragile, and painful, and sad! And it is amazing, and uplifting, and joyous! And it is all of those things at the...
“Original Sound”
There is a setting in Zoom called “Original Sound.” You can turn it on or off. I first learned about it from my musician friends who were trying to perform music on Zoom and found the results less than satisfactory until they turned on Original Sound. As it turns...
Remnants of Some Time Now Past
Once upon a time,on a day now lost to memory,except, perhaps, to the onewho first stood in this placewith hammer in hand,there was someonewho found this treeand decided to find outwhat adventures awaitedup among the branches. So with a pocket full of nails,a few...
Being Swept Off Your Feet…
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say. "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” - Frodo Baggins (Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien) I do a lot of...
Remembering the Bigger Picture
The Summer Day Who made the world?Who made the swan, and the black bear?Who made the grasshopper?This grasshopper, I mean–the one who has flung herself out of the grass,the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up...
A Vaster Space
When we come upon beautiful things,they act like small tears in the surface of the worldthat pull us through to some vaster space. - Elaine Scarry This quote gives voice to what I try to express with my photography. Large or small, vibrant or subtle, I see beauty...
What’s In A Name?
Over the course of my life I have had a variety of names. At birth I was given the name Roger Charles Lynn (the middle name being my Dad’s middle name, and his Dad’s first name). Growing up (on those occasions when one of my parents was calling me to come home) I...
A Day to Remember (or not)
I had an unsettling experience this morning. March 7th is a date with deep significance for me. On that date twelve years ago my life was turned upside down and forever altered when my wife died. Ever since then I have marked the day by consciously and...