I’ve not watched TV news for years but even my daily reading of several newspapers make it clear the world continues to overflow with self-destructive turmoil, leaving many with lives…
There are not enough pieces left to assemble anything useful, anything that resembles a memory. What is there is just enough to see myself long ago with dirty tears running…
I woke this morning wondering what Elon Musk dreamt last night. Then I found myself thinking about other, similar people—Murdoch, Trump, Bezos—people who have immense impact on millions and on…
I was born in 1948 into a wonderful family and into a world that was already a mess, one that was soon to become even more so. Yes, the horrors…
When on Kodiak Island several years ago with my dear friend and fellow photographer, we enjoyed some wilderness kayaking along the coast. That enjoyment quickly turned to desperation when we…
Vermont is rare in many ways: no billboards for starters, and, more importantly, the first state to legalize same-sex marriage by legislation. That change, after many years of outward and…
I’ve felt lost much of this week, seemingly headed into parts of life unknown, dark and scary. The headlines offer little useful direction, are in fact distracting, causing me to…
There are more and more things I don’t remember well as I grow older. The internet can be a great tool to help fill in the gaps but only when…
It is HOT this week in much of the world, even across much of the United States and, yes, even in the Green Mountains where winter cross-country skiing is just…
Diversity is a word that has been hijacked, especially with regard to our fellow human beings, and, worse, made to seem dirty—”if you are different from me, you are bad,…
Still Learning To See 
Finding my way
I’ve felt lost much of this week, seemingly headed into parts of life unknown, dark and scary. The headlines offer little useful direction, are in fact distracting, causing me to…