Standing alone on the beach gives you time to reflect and be thankful for all that encompasses ones life. It is what I was doing early this day, giving thanks for everything, the good, the bad, it all plays a part in whom we are. “Beautiful, isn’t it?” I turned towards the voice as the … Continue reading »
Category Archives: psychology
Green Eyed Monster
The other morning was very foggy. I came around the curb above, my iPhone suddenly slipped off the dash where I placed it. I grabbed the phone as it fell, had the camera ‘on’ because I took a photo just seconds before, but when I grabbed the phone it snapped this photo, apparently if you … Continue reading »
An Irish Toast
I’ve had this mug for a long time. It gets used once a year. I take it down from the cupboard and clean it, then pour in ‘spirits for the spirits’, toasting the memories of people passed. I change the saying just a bit and make it past tense. It’s not a big ceremony. … Continue reading »
Unordinary
Unraveled bark backlit by the setting sun Even the most average subject found can suddenly become the most interesting when the correct sort of light shines upon it. Continue reading »
The ‘P’ Word
Two homeless men seeking warmth on a park bench. I just got off the phone with someone I know very well and I am left with a sense of hopelessness and frustration, and I know it may sound contradictory, but these feelings, they are not felt completely in a bad way. Sometimes we know we … Continue reading »
The First And Second Amendment
My daughter and I hit the road yesterday while the snow fell heavily. The roads were treacherous even with four-wheel-drive but we took our time and she snapped away. Needing fuel: I pulled into a gas station and the men pictured above were standing on the sidewalk bringing attention to a topic that has recently … Continue reading »
Over There
I have this little thing I like to do when staring out at the ocean. I’ve done it my whole life, and now my children do it as well. We call it ‘Over There.’ I often wonder ‘What’s over there?’, meaning straight ahead, as far as one could travel across the ocean until coming to … Continue reading »