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life is full of gifts
on my morning walkin the dim pre-dawn lightwith a sliver of the waning moonhanging in the skya dozen deer crossed my pathin a place I had not seen them before and then a bit further onI stood transfixedon the top of a hillas I watch them leap across the fieldbelow...
it is good to be alive
it is good to be alive on just such a morningwith nowhere to go but hereand nothing to do but thison just such a morning it is good to be alive ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Click here to view more photos from my morning walk:...
morning sky
orange into blueeven after all these years still fills me with awe click here to view the rest of the photos from my morning...
18 Years Ago…
18 years ago today was one of those rare “change my life forever” experiences. Less than four months after we met, and six weeks after I asked her to marry me, I stood in front of a room full of family and friends to exchange covenantal vows with Veronica Lassen...
It’s All Light & Magic
Tonight my partner & I watched an on-line concert by one of my all-time favorite singer/songwriters - Carrie Newcomer. It was a lovely evening of songs & stories that moved my heart. In introducing one of her songs - “When the Light Comes Down” - she...
Threshold Moments
I seemed to be drawn to threshold moments - transitions from one experience to the next. Sunrises and sunsets are a prime example - night becomes day and then it all reverses course a few hours later. This place where I live is also an example - where the Rocky...
One Photo – Four Mandalas
Back in the fall of 2014 I visited the Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon several times a week waiting for the perfect moment to capture this photo of this tree. It is said that this is one of the most photographed trees in the country. Today I revisited the photo...
on a cold & foggy morning
https://flic.kr/p/2mY4QCD walking through the fogon a pathway barely seenone step at a time...
The Guest House
I find myself thinking about this Rumi poem (translated by Coleman Barks). It's a helpful reminder that there are always blessings to be found in every moment, if I am willing to be open to possibilities I cannot yet even imagine. The Guest Houseby Mewlana...
Photo Mandalas
I started playing with these composite images (which I call Photo Mandalas) a couple of years ago. They are created in Photoshop using multiple copies of a portion of one of my photographs, which are then mirrored and rotated. Click here to view the whole...