A few weeks back I had an encounter with a breed of person I did not know existed – a civilian who grew up inside the Beltway in D.C., essentially…
Have you ever experienced a thing so vast that you know there is a story there, but you don’t know what to say, or how to say it? The experience…
I realize that these photos, taken after I sliced my hand with a serrated kitchen knife the night before last, are odd. They are shared as a reminder of five…
This week I went for my first two solo horseback rides on a 5-year-old Quarter horse I met and bought while working through my fear of horses; dangled from a…
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When life hands you something beautiful, make something out of that, too. Here are flowers that look like pink lemonade (check out “part…
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When life hands you something beautiful, make something out of that, too. Here is a lemon-colored flower (check out “part two” here, flowers…
Sometimes we are afforded a glimpse of the life we know we could have had if we had made that different decision at that point, sometime, back then. The first…
As Americans in the 21st century, we live in a society that prizes achievement and measures success with a material yardstick. At the opposite end of the social spectrum are…
The art featured here hangs proudly on the walls on the main office at Lexington Elementary in the El Cajon, Calif. Sound like humble beginnings? A dozen pieces, including these,…
I adore Easter, a day in which symbols of the natural world and fertility, such as the egg, are incorporated into a celebration of the Christian God’s power, mercy and…
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