I found a memory the other dayYosemite Falls 2010, I was thereLearning to see beyond the immediateLooking it squarely in the face through a 400mm lens Sharing a moment of beauty unbound by it’s wallsThe roar of the water echoing across the ValleyOr was that my heart pumping with enraptured overflow I was taking itContinue reading “My Waterfall Garden”
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Dear America
Dear AmericaJust checking inI’m worried about youI hear you aren’t doing well.Fascism knocked on your doorI hope you didn’t let it in. We know democracy isn’t perfectAlways a work in progressBuilt as a scaffold for humanityThe constitution gives us the tools to growmore perfect with ageCreated by enlightened menIn an age when only white privilegeContinue reading “Dear America”
Lottie Johl, International Women’s Day 2025
March 8th is International Women’s Day, this is a blog about a working girl back in the 1800’s who wanted to change her life. Change is especially hard when no one around you wants to let you do it.
Can Lady Liberty Be Saved?
Lady Liberty stood as a beacon of Freedom
To all those who wanted more
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
She called as her light shone across the oceans
There is Beauty in Decay
This is another photo from my Bodie abandoned series and even though the decay is very apparent, there is great beauty here also. Not just in the flowers or the sand dunes I have added, but the decay of the room is full of textures and colors that are reminiscent of this desert I live in. Mother Nature is working her magic
Lottie Johl
She was just LottieOne of Bodie’s working girls.Her past colored her present and her futureShe could do nothing to change it. She married a respectablebusiness owner Eli Johl who wasA butcher and owner of the City Market.Yet, even that could not erase her past sins. How do you out live your past?Decisions made under pressure,OrContinue reading “Lottie Johl”
Life Passages- Take 2
At first, I saw this couple in the boat going into the tunnel of love, romance, and all. Eventually, it occurred to me that maybe this was a tunnel of complacency, not paradise, I wanted to push it further and talk about what life could be like if we think past a typical life experience and explore new paths.
Passages in Life
This last week or so seems to be particularly full of spur-of-the-moment changes and decisions to make.
Confidence
I can easily imagine one of my very young grandsons, or even myself as a youngster, taking a walk across the San Francisco Bay with no fear. When we were younger, as with most children, we were courageous and ready to try anything.
On to the Next Adventure 