What I Can Do vs What I Want To Do
With too many things I want to do, I combine ingredients to formulate a recipe of what I can do: a Nature Journal.
The ups and downs of aging and the changes life brings on.. Topics include divorce, loneliness, loss, spirituality, and more.
With too many things I want to do, I combine ingredients to formulate a recipe of what I can do: a Nature Journal.
It was one of those moments when I had to choose whether to get a wildlife photo and risk frightening the subject, or simply be present.
Audio recording of this content Winter is coming, or at least it should be. Temperatures here in Minnesota keep easing upwards into the forties to fifties (F), making winter seem like a faint childhood memory. But according to the calendar Winter Solstice is around the corner or here or already passed, depending on whether I…
September is sending signals that summer is drawing to a close. At my age, I don’t want to wish away time, but this summer has been an endurance test. Wherever you live, it’s likely some kind of weather stress and the underlying worry over what it means for our future has touched you. So I’m…
The other night, I dreamed a man cut into the top of my head and removed my brain. He was wearing blue scrubs, cute little booties, and a mask—a surgeon, not a sadist. Although one can never be sure. I’d gone to my doctor about neck pain. After several uncomfortable head turns, someone brought…
Last month, I read the book Find Your Artistic Voice by Lisa Congdon. In the first few pages, Congdon clarifies that the title is a bit misleading. It sounds like your voice is something solid—fixed and final—and all you must do is find it. In reality, your voice is always changing. “Your voice is formed…