Washed Away by the Rain
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Washed Away by the Rain

I wasn’t prepared for how his ashes would arrive, I guess I hadn’t thought about it. I was getting the free scatter container, so I assumed it might be no different than something the Amazon guys bring. But the vet brought it by personally and it was this nice little gift bag, and his ashes are in a container in…
September 24, 2025Posted inUncategorized
Quiet Waters
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Quiet Waters

I have always seen grief like the waves of the ocean. At first, they slam you hard and even knock you off your feet. But each successive wave gets smaller and easier to endure until you’re standing in a gentle wake and your pain has been washed out to sea, leaving you with just the memory of the storm and…
September 12, 2025Posted inUncategorized
Barney
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Barney

You never have to worry about what to say. Nobody knows what to say. Most anything works that conveys a sincere feeling of understanding. And just being there, or in your case, knowing you are there. What doesn’t really help me is the usual platitudes we use at times like this. Like…you know you loved him and he loved you…
September 11, 2025Posted inUncategorized
The Sun is Still Shining
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The Sun is Still Shining

The little guy slid downhill pretty fast. At first the vet thought he just had an upset stomach and gave me some meds. That was last Thursday. But when he continued to not eat, I saw the vet on Saturday. They ran some blood tests and in the words of the vet, his liver was on fire. If it was…
September 8, 2025Posted inUncategorized
Time to be Done
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Time to be Done

My career is perhaps easier to explain. When I left grad school, my goal was to teach, work with galleries with my personal work and do commercial assignments. It took me awhile to figure out you can’t do all 3 or at least all 3 well. Within 6 weeks  of arriving in Seattle, I had a gallery, apart time teaching…
January 29, 2025Posted inUncategorized
If I Had Only Wore a Mask…
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If I Had Only Wore a Mask…

Your plan for hiring scouts in Scotland sounds wise. I have only done that for assignment shoots, though one time in Yorkshire I hired a driver to tour us around the Dales looking for monastery ruins. I mostly did it because I didn’t want to drive a stick shift car on the left side of road. Plus, I knew he…
February 26, 2024Posted inarchitecture, England, London, Musings, Odds and Ends, Travels, Uncategorized
An Interesting Journey
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An Interesting Journey

My work has always evolved as my interests changed. The only constant is the camera. And even that changes. Thou not fundamentally. I began to move toward digital around 2000 when I had my first Iris ink jet prints made. They were largely copies of my darkroom prints, just bigger. But color began to slip in as well. I began…
September 18, 2023Posted inMusings, Seattle, Uncategorized
Weary
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Weary

Entering the cold dark days of winter. I feel tired a lot. Physically, mentally and emotionally. Long walks help. But there's a lot of waiting. Waiting. And more waiting. When asked how I am doing, it really hard to say exactly and the only word that comes to mind is weary.
December 29, 2022Posted inMusings, Seattle, Uncategorized
What am I looking at?
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What am I looking at?

Portrait Pro software is pretty cool, especially when you do as many headshots and portraits as I do. It is a very simple way to give skin tones the spa treatment. I think it works better too, with women than men for some reason. Maybe because smoothing out men’s skin is not so fashionably desired as smoothing out a women’s…
November 9, 2022Posted inMusings, Roma, Travels, Uncategorized