Travel has its pitfalls. I’ve stumbled into one of them, waiting hours now to board my flight to Newark. But I’m all about trying to make lemons out of lemonade, so I took the opportunity …
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THROUGH MY LENS: airport hostage
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Ready, set, go!
I am off this week on another adventure, heading to Boca Raton, FL, for a wedding. Part of me will be happy to escape the bitter taste of winter we’ve finally gotten if only for a few …
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LAST THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: looking toward the horizon
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do, with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver With the arrival of another new year, this quote from one of my favorite poets has been …
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Becoming St. Louis
Meditating quietly in the shadow of all the struggles I’ve gone through this year with my kitten Clark, has been his rather saintly brother, Louis. He’s become a calm port in a sea of storms, the yang …
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THROUGH MY LENS: Light up the night
Down south, I discovered, Christmas tends to look like this. At least, it does when you live on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. No snow, no bitter cold. Just shorts, flip flops and …
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: be still, now
I’m not a person who doesn’t mind doing nothing sometimes. I usually find it easy, sitting for awhile, idle, content just to be. But often my mind keeps on running around, thinking of this or that, …
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THROUGH MY LENS: hanging at the edge of the world
I returned home from my visit to Hilton Head Island, SC, with more pictures of the ocean than I know what to do with. Sunrises, sunsets, and shorebirds aplenty have followed me back to the …
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: just in time
For the first time ever I’m visiting Hilton Head Island, SC. Midweek, there’s no one here and I’m fortunate to have the place mostly to myself. Or at least that’s how I feel. I sat down to …
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: lost at sea
Every night when I go to bed I turn on my ocean sounds, listening to the surf as I fall asleep. For several years I used a bedside alarm clock that played different nature sounds; now, of course, …
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Sowing the Seeds of Creation: A Trip to the Paint n Sip
Last Saturday I went with some friends to my local paint and sip, a place where mostly women congregate to create a kind of paint-by-instruction piece and drink at the same time. I’m sure the wine …
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