I walked the trails at Paris Mountain State Park for a number of years, starting back in 2001 after I left my career, trying to out-run the anxiety that plagued me, trying to find some peace of mind out in nature. Some of those walks lasted over four hours, up and down wooded hillsides and mountainsides, alongside creeks, around lakes. And I admit I did occasionally find some peace there. I also found some things that triggered old memories of war trauma.
Read MoreSunlight and Shadow on a Frosty Morning
There are times when today’s photograph makes me feel disappointed. I have a framed copy of it in my room above my computer monitor. My room has four down facing ceiling lights that I only turn on for a few hours in the morning to help wake me up. The rest of the day a lamp by my bedside and light through the window on the other side of the bed are enough for me to do whatever computer work I want to do.
Read MoreMountaintop Trees At Dawn
In the dead of winter, if you time it just right, the car will be parked, the coat zipped up, and the camera strap hung across your shoulder. You can walk over that little footbridge, up that short path, and out onto a mountain made of rock.
Read MoreFamily of Geese in Sunlit Backwaters
There are times in nature when everything is just as it should be. And that's the way it was on this cool spring morning in a backwater pond, where a family of geese basked in the sun's warmth, blessed with the peaceful sounds of a beautiful day.
Read MoreTwo Ducks on a Log
two ducks on a log
two ducks on a log
uh …
uh ...
well dang
it ain't happening this time
can't just force out a rhyme
from the slime of my mind
when it's not so inclined