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…
“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” — Maya Angelou Heather often asks our son if he wants infinite kisses. On just a couple of occasions, he has said yes. More times, he grins and says, “No thank you,”…
Today’s heroes in chronological order: First, Rachel. One of my swimmers. You went out of your way to play with Jakey at the pool and are always so excited to see him. You make faces at him and receive high fives. You also used an old remote control that he found in a drawer to…
Down which tunnel do you stare? It helps to pay attention. Take a few steps back and make sure it is the best one for you. Sometimes, we get tunnel vision gazing into that intoxicating, luminescent little device in our hand. Other times it is peering deeply into a personal slight or a missed opportunity….
The leaves remind me. Seven years I have walked or driven along Terwilliger Boulevard almost every day. Thin Oregon Ash line the southern sidewalk for a stretch of several blocks, from the Subway shop on down to my turn at Alice. Most of each year they stand thick with green leaves rustled by spring and…
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…
Starting is hard. Often much harder than continuing. The time between your alarm going off and when you actually get out of bed is inevitably more agonizing than twenty minutes later when your morning routine is underway. For most swimmers, the act of jumping into the pool at 6:00am is incomprehensibly more difficult than the…
