Desert Places
I am drawn to the stark honesty of poets, who with an economy of words express a truth that often alludes my own verbiage. Robert Frost, in his poem “Desert Places” writes:
They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars–on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To […]
Mood
I’m taking a photography class at the local technology center on Saturday mornings. Although I’m reviewing a great deal I already knew, I’m also learning a few new tricks along the way. Today our instructor passed out an arm load full of coffee table style photography books to us. He asked us to peruse […]
Waiting
This morning I awoke with my day planned. There were specific things I needed to get done and other things I wanted to get done. I knew in rough terms the time-frame each would take, and so began my day cheerfully. Then, at breakfast I found out I had to play taxi driver for […]
Coffee Shops
In the last two days, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time at coffee shops. Unusual for a non-coffee drinker. It seems that coffee shops have become the new community centers for a segment of our society. People of all ages gather at tables, lean in over the rising steam from their dark drinks, […]
Enemies
My wife first spotted this majestic tree behind our motel in Idabel, OK. She took pictures of it from afar. I (being the true dedicated photographer I am) waded through waist deep weeds to get an unobstructed view. It wasn’t until the next morning as we were leaving the motel that I noticed I […]
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