2015 | May 21 | 16:28
family | photography | weather
Wrapping up the excursion with my family to Lake of the Woods, we have the photos I took of the family dorg and friends. It was a good day for photos, with bright sunshine early while I walked around in the woods, becoming diffuse as we got back out to the manicured garden. While we were meandering down the trail, a herd of deer surprised us by running across the clearing. (more…)
2015 | Mar 19 | 12:07
Monday had some incredible weather for mid-March – at least 70º and sunny. I went to the Pandapas Pond trails and found that all the turtles were out enjoying it too. It was warm enough that I stopped at the store on the way back and got ice cream to cool off! Having my new zoom lens for days like this is really great, since it allows me to take (more…)
2015 | Mar 11 | 17:09
Well, they’re about being dirty, okay?? Spring is coming here and everyting is sopping wet and muddy. Between that and the pottery, dirty is the word of the season. (more…)
2015 | Mar 3 | 15:52
design | music | spirituality
I’ve been getting an opportunity to do a lot of spiritual learning lately. My family gave me a couple of books of Unitarian Universalist meditations and a copy of the hymnal, which has beautiful readings in the back from all sorts of traditions and prophetic sources. I also got a chance to sing a duo of “The Fire of Commitment” at the church here which is available in video form, though I make (more…)
2015 | Feb 20 | 19:55
Two poems today, which have been keeping me up at night so I wrote them down. The second one is kind of inspired by some different songs I’ve been listening to recently, kind of blended together to try to make one image. (more…)
2015 | Feb 4 | 16:41
I’ve been gone a while, so I have an unusually long post which I’d like to start off with two poems. (more…)
2015 | Jan 27 | 16:36
I’ve been kind of letting my blog slide lately, as there has been a lot for me to deal with in other areas of my life. As you may have noticed, painting has been a thing I’ve been doing lately and I have often thought it would be cool to have a shop on Etsy! (more…)
2014 | Dec 13 | 18:07
family | photography | travel
I went down to Charleston to visit my brother for the weekend before Thanksgiving and watch large amounts of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I got a lot of knitting done. We had a good visit with some tasty food, and the weather Saturday was really gorgeous, so we went for a walk around the park near the nuclear school where he’s been doing training. I haven’t really spent much time in the real South, so (more…)
2014 | Dec 9 | 17:53
When dawn broke for us
in a misty dim light
steaming from the swamps
or trumpeting over hills—
It was different for us all.
But I did not
wish the dawn to come: (more…)
2014 | Dec 4 | 18:29
I’m a pretty innocent person. I’ve only ever gotten a ticket for the time when I didn’t read the sign when parking near a concert venue to see TMBG for my birthday. I was a little preoccupied with being excited to be standing in the snow noticing and checking the sign saying “no parking during these hours on these days.” When my car died in (more…)
