A morning sort of person

I have always maintained that there are sunrise people and sunset people. Being one doesn’t necessarily preclude enjoying the other, of course, but there are people who pick where they live and what they do based on whether they like to see the sun rise or set. There are people who roll out of bed…

Dumb, dumb, dumb

There are so many things about photography that you can’t control. You can’t control the weather. You can’t control the actions of wild animals. You can’t control when a sudden beam of light might penetrate the clouds and hit the water (although you might just be able to predict it with some alacrity). But you…

Catching up

I’ve been climbing these stairs a lot lately. The combination of meetings, picking up paperwork, more meetings, clay classes, dropping in for a consultation with various folk and so forth have cemented the autopilot in my mind such that I find myself drifting towards Devon House (and the Craft Council) when downtown for other matters….

Janus

The beginning of Daylight Savings Time always makes me more aware of the beginnings and ends of days, particularly insofar as daylight is concerned. Our house is fortunate in its orientation, having a rather nice prospect on both sunrises and sunsets. Whenever completing a project, no matter how large or small, I always feel a…

Learning

It doesn’t happen all at once … You become. It takes a long time. – Margery Williams Patience does not come easily to me. I like to work in a flurry of activity and a flood of energy and then collapse into absolute lethargy after. I am not slow and steady by nature. One step…