Something has been pulling on me, calling me to simplify, ease down, clear space to make room for something...new? different? re-focused?

I didn't feel good there, but sometimes I felt a little less bad. A tiny shift, but it was a start.

People reported an increased sense of well-being & happiness when experiencing beauty. So, here are some photos I think are beautiful.

I like quotations--they can be a bit like tiny stories, complete with a conflict or problem and some sort of resolution. And they're short!

This strange mirror, this odd form of grace, though uncomfortable, has on occasion helped me see myself a lot more clearly.

My first discovery of the use of dialog in journaling was back in the mid-1980s, not long after I moved to Charlottesville.

I let the pictures whisper, or call out, so they become like dream images, leaving more room for revelation, for mythic or mystical meaning.

It's a brief tale. About a very large tail. A snow leopard tail--or rather, the lack thereof. I am in awe of snow leopards...

It is early morning winter, cold and starlight turn to gold. Slowly I awake to find you standing where I saw you last...

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