Since I heard the election results last week I’ve been realizing that it’s up to me to Make a Choice about how I want to live in the coming years. Am I going to let the chaos and fear that is now surrounding us rule my emotions and thoughts? Or Read more…
I went for a hike in the woods this morning. At first glance the landscape looked gray and uninviting. Almost all of the leaves have fallen. And the trees stand like tall silent sentinels against gray skies. Fallen branches and trees are scattered on the forest floor. Still, by slowing Read more…
Our lives are continuously shaped by circles of beginnings, endings and then new beginnings. It may feel to many today that we are at a sad ending and to others that we are at a bright new beginning. I would suggest that neither is true… We Cannot See Clearly Now Read more…
Today is a day of sorrow for me. This moment in time the day after election day feels Hard as Stone, Soft as Tears, the light dimmed by a cloud of uncertainty, loss, and grief for women, people of color, trans/queer/other, immigrants, our children and the earth. Though we need Read more…
Here is my fourth photo and essay in my current photography/writing project. This is a shorter essay than those I wrote before. I plan to revisit it later to see if I have more to say on this topic. Writing a new essay for each photograph gets a little more Read more…