I worry about people who pin their emotions to weather patterns.
Weather can impact our feelings, but we’re asking for trouble if we let it drive our emotions and outlook to the extreme.
What else is askew if the rain, snow, or sun dictates our mood?
More on this tomorrow…
Sometimes you have to pull the plug. Tonight has been a good night writing away on some fiction after Jake-meister went to bed. Until tiredness set in. Then things like this happened: It didn’t just start right away. Yawns came on first, followed by slow thinking like sailing across molasses. Then my eyelids fluttered shut…
Sometimes people give us a gift and sometimes their gift is simply that they thought to share news of their own good fortune with us. Today I was thinking back to mid-March when one of our junior women walked—nearly sprang—into our office to tell us, “I got the Rogers!” Sofia meant a competitive summer research…
Adrift. On wide open seas. I don’t think we’re going to make it. All three of us are on the same futon, surrounded by sharks. We have paddles—a plastic rake missing one tooth, a plastic shovel, and a matching yellow hoe. These are little use. Inexplicably, we have begun chumming the water to, as Jakey…
Firetrucks Time to read a magazine Hugs Construction equipment Boats Throwing stones into water Sunday mornings around the house Everyday sights like garbage trucks passing outside, dogs on walks, and people mowing their lawn Minor to medium-sized holidays Using the blender or coffee grinder It is not lost on me that these are all simple…
We can observe the character of our impact on the world around us in the sort of people who come to us for guidance or direction.
Have you enjoyed my photography over the years? Interested in a physical memento of some of my artwork? I have 2026 calendars available now. I created two calendar options for 2026, one Pacific Northwest photography and one of all Lewis & Clark College images. I also have a small, but growing, array of blank notebooks…
