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  • Quiet

        Quiet today. A little bit of a sore throat.   I hope that Egrets don't ever get sore throats.       Egret shot at Blue Springs State Park, Florida.

  • The Same River

        There is a saying that you can't put your foot in the same river twice, because the river is constantly moving, constantly changing.   Our days are like that too, if we let them be.        

  • Happy Endings

      Do you ever wish that a movie or book would go on for just a little longer, so that you could see how things worked out later, after the happy or tragic ending?   For some reason a very old joke came to mind and I imagined it as a story that might have…

  • Runaway Buoy

        When we realize that we are the ones writing our own stories, it comes with a certain acceptance that some of the "well intentioned" institutions of our childhoods (church, school, family) might have led us astray – for a decade or two or three, like this runaway buoy that, were it still functioning…

  • What’s Your Story?

        Everyone has a story.   This guy was picking up dead fish just outside the perimeter set by the beach re-nourishment team, back in September. Someone asked him if the fish had died because of the pumping of the sand onto the beach, and he said, no, that he didn't know what had…

  • Focused

        Will it be easier to stay focused in 2013? It kind of feels like it will be!   Probably too early to tell!       Spanish moss hanging on a Live Oak tree at Washington Oaks State Park, Florida.

  • The Mirror

        "…if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you."     Excerpt from the poem, Where Do The Eyes of Women Fall?, by Kabir, a 15th century Indian poet/songwriter, lovingly translated by Daniel Ladinsky in the Penguin Publication, Love Poems From God, Twelve Sacred Voices from the East…

  • First Day of the Year

        A beautiful day to start the year. Lucky me, I got to spend most of it walking barefoot on this beach, and resting my perfectly weathered head on a perfectly placed log.   How was your first day, of this odd year?       St. Augustine Beach, Anastasia Island State Park.

  • Three Angels

        Three Angels going wild in front of a "green screen", at the Delaware Children's Museum, last June.     Do something wild and crazy in this New Year!   Happy Happy, New Year, Everyone!   And thanks for a great year!         My three favorite young nieces, at the Children's…

  • A Dog Like That

        If you had a watchdog like that you would sleep like a baby too!   Me, I had to give up coffee for a couple of days and hire a cat!   Happy New Year's Eve, Everyone! Keep safe.   Adios 2012! It has been a very interesting year, indeed!   On with…