Last Thursday, as I was reviewing my calendar, my heart sank. My palms started to sweat, my heart raced, and I felt very much exactly the same way I felt as a child whenever I had been caught doing something I should not have. After a bit of panic, I realized that my eyes had …
Finding creative inspiration during bleak times
Taking pictures, among other creative pursuits, feeds my purpose. I suspect a lot of people feel the same way. That is why during the doldrums—what I call the days between seasons—it is particularly challenging to find inspiration. Like a lot of self-taught photographers, my entry into the medium started with my first iPhone. Once unleashed, …
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There’s more than one right answer.
According to vocabulary.com, “Your perspective is the way you see something. If you think that toys corrupt children's minds, then from your perspective a toy shop is an evil place. Perspective has a Latin root meaning "look through" or "perceive," and all the meanings of perspective have something to do with looking.” Most of you …
My wife had a hernia, so why can’t I?
Kathy recently had surgery to correct a pretty massive hiatal hernia. The doctor actually said “exceptionally large.” So it makes sense that I’d be jealous of all the attention and want a hernia too. Wrong. We were actually on day two of her recovery and I goaded her into going for a little walk. Loading …
Debris on the Beach
It’s something to realize what we have been living for a year. A year ago I scoffed at the idea that the virus would shut down schools, or even more, force our doors to close. But a few days later, I was very clearly proven wrong. The first few weeks were a bit surreal. I …
Wanna play Scrabble?
A while ago I wrote about how there is research that proves complaining can actually decrease a person’s intelligence. The research suggests that when people who routinely repeat a behavior such as complaining, their brains are actually rewired to make it easier to engage in the same behavior in the future. And as we get …
I finally understand.
For months, I’ve been bewildered by people who have resisted, even fought, the directive to wear a mask. I’ve heard some people proclaim that being told to wear a mask is unconstitutional. Others have argued that masks represent silence, slavery and social death. For lack of any rational explanation, I’ve defaulted to simply believing that …
Everyday creativity
You’ve heard me talk about the power of a purpose before. Having one, that is. Baked into my purpose is a desire to create. Every day. That’s right, to a degree, I don’t feel truly centered or content unless I have had the opportunity to create something every day. According to my online sources, “Being …
What I don’t know inspires me.
I have always felt grateful for the many teachers who shaped my education. They inspired me to be curious about the world and hungry to always learn more. Several of those teachers influenced my behaviors and mindsets in ways I am sure they are unaware. However, when I recently started reading the book, The New Jim …
You may want to sit down for this. I am a liberal.
Yes, for those of you following my social media, my posts for the last several years were not an exercise in sarcasm, but my inability to resist sharing my impassioned and sometimes inflamed feelings about the current public narrative. Those same posts have undoubtedly memorialized my liberal tendencies. However, very little about which I’ve …
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