There is a reason that one's instinct should be honed.  It is a tool that we often ignore in this chaotic world of multiple stimuli.   ...

I have been paralyzed by politics. I have been a "snowflake" being held over a candle. The fact that the far right held their g...

My daughter is an amazing woman. I wish I would have been more like her when I was a young working mother. She has a very demanding job w...

I have been thinking and thinking and trying to be nicer and more polite, but I am still in warrior mode.  I just cannot seem to find a safe...

The news each morning is just too depressing. I find my brain has fried and once I get it re-hydrated, I will return. I am waiting for th...

March 20 (2?) is the spring equinox, and I guess I missed it.  This roller coaster ride of days pushing 80 F followed by tornado warnings an...

Pretend with me a minute.  Let us say that a group of workers, perhaps they cut down redwoods, or capture rare owls, or make their livi...

We had this strange couple over to our house the other day.  They appeared to be in their seventies but  were rather gregarious and energeti...

This will be the last in my series of "adulterated" photo editing posts. The photo below is not one I took, but something my daug...

This is the view from my side of the river from my deck looking across the river. I lightened it a bit and sharpened it but did nothing e...

Spending time "faking" the photos with change in style and not content.  My hellebores (Lenten roses) are blooming very nicely thi...

These colder days have given me time to focus (and I do mean that as a pun) on photography.  I am reading a book titled "The Merc...

My neighborhood is not as quiet as someone would think if they came down the side road into the neighborhood.  About half of us are retired ...

Once again here is a navel gazing post all about me. I am thinking there are various types of attention disorder that can be seen in peop...

The photo above is my amaryllis pushing through the hard earth to the sun which, while it is stressful, it is good for the plant and will r...

I am not a Christian or even very religious.  But today is Sunday, a Christian day of prayer and worship.  I heard this sermon on the radio ...

Not sure what I tweaked as I was changing very little these days on templates and settings for this blog, but some one thing must have do...

Perception is one thing, and yet, our experience cannot help but color perception in some ways. Is the photo below (generously manipulate...

"This post concerns Donald Trump's elevation of Bannon to leading roles within the National Security Council. To review: the Nation...

One of my blogging friends is going through something similar to what I went through years ago...December 2004 to be exact.  I re-read the p...