I’m back with more happy mail! This time, I’m sharing the photos Gale D (grstamping) shot for the “Take a Walk” photo series hosted in the A Thousand Words Group on swap-bot. Gale’s July “walk” took her to the Canadian Automotive Museum in Oshawa, Ontario where she has been asked to photograph exhibits to make cards … Continue reading Let’s Take a Drive (or a swim?)
Can we say tired? I am so physically and mentally exhausted from grading, grading, grading, and grading. I want to take a photo walk, but (1) my camera battery isn’t charged. I learned this last night when I was about to record my son playing in the strings orchestra. And (2) I barely have enough … Continue reading How to Take a Photo Walk When You Can’t
I just completed the novel The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Thériault. It’s the kind of read one can finish in one sitting, but it took me a couple of days because I read slowly while waiting in the carpool line or just before falling asleep. The book is based on the Zen … Continue reading A Last Nearby Song: Ending Autumn with Haiku
For a recent “Love Inspired” swap for the “A Thousand Words” group on swap-bot Gale D., my partner, went birds and feathers on me. The goal of the swap was to pair a love quote with an appropriate photo. Gale settled on a quote from A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh: Some people care too much. I think it’s called … Continue reading Love Inspired: Loyal Birds and “Fowl” Words
Can you believe January is o-v-e-r?! Didn’t the year just begin yesterday? Now that the pesky start of the semester out of the way, maybe, I can make time for other important things, like blog posts, poetry, and photography. It’s been months since I shared one of my monochrome swaps. The latest–completed earlier this month–was ‘animals in monochrome” … Continue reading Animals in Monochrome
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