…it is very hard to not just click the shutter on my camera! In fact, I clicked mine shutters over 5000 times in the past year alone, in the winter,…
The year past has been full to overflowing in many ways—family, world events, local volunteering. What keeps me steady still is learning to see the often gorgeous world around. I’ve…
As I age in this era of “bucket lists” I have a longer and longer alternative list of things I know I will NOT see. And that is okay. Yesterday…
The American Chestnut is a remarkable tree species. Many have never heard of it and few have seen them growing majestically in the wild, giants that they were. A highly…
I’ve often wondered why materials that are in short supply, like gold, are valued by some as treasure. The notion of something like pyrite or fool’s gold which anyone can…
If I’d never seen blue sky, rippling water and reflections of light, I’d probably not believe someone who told me about them. “No way! That sounds impossible!” Maybe so, but…
Millstone Trails in Graniteville, Vermont, is a remarkable group of old granite quarries—from swimming pool size to a lake that is hundreds of feet deep—and literal mountains of “grout” (small…
Rarely am I photographing water without having my mind blown. Today, spending a couple hours on the North Branch at the Cascades, was no exception. Intense sunshine illuminates the stream…
Flowers and plants are such gifts. Years ago I swore I’d stop mowing a lawn. Now the entire yard is filled with flowers and wild areas where whatever wants to…
It is easy, when I’m absorbed in the day-to-day details of life, to walk along looking at the ground, actually not seeing much of anything at all. Yesterday the blue…
