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The Book of Nature
Moraine Lake "And so the beautiful, the majestic, the intimate, and the sweeping is pressed onto the pages of the librum naturae, the...
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Apr 104 min read
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Present Moments Passing By
This post will explore the vital importance of being fully present to the moments of our lives. I know that I have spoken of this in past...
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Jan 274 min read
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Post Card From Portugal - Artist Eye of Portugal
It has been a while now since I created a new post. Since the last post I have created a number of what I call my "artist eye" images. It...
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Dec 7, 20241 min read
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Post Card from Portugal - Tiles of Portugal
Continuing with the "Postcards from Portugal" idea here is some postcard art of the amazing tiles we saw there. It will be hard not to...
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Nov 4, 20241 min read
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Postcard from Portugal - Cathedrals and Monasteries
I promised to "send" some postcards from our trip to Portugal. This blog will feature some of the photographs of the grand and...
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Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Live into a new way of thinking
“We do not think ourselves into a new way of living; but we live ourselves into a new way of thinking.” Richard Rohr I came across this...
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Oct 3, 20243 min read
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Just Unplug
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Anne Lamott Living the computer age like we do, I...
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Sep 7, 20243 min read
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
I thought that I would try a different approach to this blog post. I will use more photographs to speak rather than my words. I thought...
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Jul 3, 20242 min read
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Live With An Evolutionary Spirit
"To live with an evolutionary spirit, is to let go when the right time comes and to engage new structures of relationship."Erich Jantsch...
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Jun 1, 20245 min read
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Finding Beauty in the Ordinary
"It could be said that to find beauty in the ordinary is a deeper exercise than climbing to the mountaintop…." Cole Arthur Riley I love...
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Apr 22, 20244 min read
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The Art of Presence vs Productivity
Isn't it interesting how when we first meet someone and if the conversation last long enough you might well get asked the question, "What...
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Mar 10, 20244 min read
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Surrendering
"I am ready for death, because I have done it many times, and it has only led me into larger worlds." Richard Rohr Ok, that is quite the...
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Feb 12, 20244 min read
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He Loved Them For Who They Were
Pete Carroll is no longer the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. I still am trying to wrap my head around it. You see I have a special...
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Jan 12, 20243 min read
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A New Year - Time For A Mindset Change
"An ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure" Benjamin Franklin This quote by Benjamin Franklin came to mind this week as I was...
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Jan 4, 20244 min read
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Drawing With Light
I recently, learned that the word Photography literally means 'drawing with light', which derives from the Greek photo, meaning light and...
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Nov 17, 20233 min read
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Be The Soul of That Place
"Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place." Rumi Like most of the blogs I write it begins with a quote that I find "speaks to my...
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Nov 2, 20233 min read
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Repetition is not redundancy
In March of 2022, Terri and I spent an entire month on the Oregon coast. We rented a house a few miles to the south of Newport, Oregon....
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Sep 30, 20233 min read
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Hitting the "Pause Button"
"For children, wonderment grows in the soil of surprise. It is all about our capacity to receive. A capacity not yet obstructed or...
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Sep 4, 20235 min read
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To Be Present to the Present
"Open me up to the magic and possibility of living within what my dear friend calls “the grace of the day”— where every gift is savored...
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Aug 19, 20233 min read
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What Makes You Come Alive?
This is a my first blog entry. Lots more to come.
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Jul 24, 20232 min read
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