When you stand atop Bald Rock you can see for miles. The mountain's rock face is massive. Though lined with trees, what you initially step onto is mostly bare rock, and, in some spots, it is treacherous. On one side, there is a rock cliff that goes almost straight down for fifty feet or more. To the right of the cliff is a more leisurely, but still quite steep decline to the bottom of the mountain, the whole mountain appearing to be made of one massive chunk of rock.
Read MorePretty Place At Dawn
There are times when words cannot express what you see, what you are thinking, or how you feel. To stand there on that special spot, in front of the chapel, with the wooden cross before me, and the morning sun cresting the horizon out yonder ... how do you express what all that means?
Read MoreFirst Light
There is something about a black sky, overcast, no stars showing, that can fill you with foreboding. When the horizon line is invisible, there is no way to get your bearings, no way to know exactly where you are, in relationship to the rest of the world. You can feel lost. You need a point of reference.
If your mind is damaged or broken, you might imagine that the blackness you see is all there ever will be. It may feel as though the world is tiny and closing in. The depth of the darkness may trigger thoughts of the worst kind.
Read MoreBeaver Ponds in Winter
Dark green conifers in the distance look a bit out of place in this stark view from the old lookout platform. What you see in this photo is quite different from what I see when I look at this scene in person. The distance compression of the lens pulls everything closer together, making the expanse of water and weeds in front of that forest look much smaller than it is.
Read MoreTrue Friends
On a cool overcast spring morning, two old friends walk along an asphalt path that cuts through the forest of a local park. As they round a corner into an open area, the sun peeks through the clouds, lighting up the little clearing in front of them and bathing them in warmth. Lillian’s red linen blouse glistens.
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