April 30, 2008
Random bits of randomness
I wanted to update again, but I couldn't think of anything really important to say. So I thought, maybe I'll just decide what image to post with this entry, and go from there. Since I'm not at my home computer, I had to search my online archives on my manyfires site. I was soon wrapped up in nostalgia, remembering places and events and people that I haven't seen in years.
It's been almost two years, in fact, since I've seen the three people (I'm on the right) in the image below. They are all still near and dear to my heart. I will be actually be visiting the two on the left this summer, when I fly to Massachusetts to photograph a wedding, and I am so very excited about seeing them again.
In other news, today has been an extremely frustrating day at work. Two things have made it worthwhile, though. The first was a goat, near death when it came in ("Don't go to the light! Don't go to the light!" our tech kept insisting to it) and six hours later up on its feet, eating and drinking and pooping as goats tend to do. To coax it from our main treatment area into its pen for the night, I offered it Cheez-Its so that it would follow me. Two steps, get a Cheez-It. Three steps, a second Cheez-It. Four steps, another. And so on, and so forth.
The second good thing about today was getting a bouquet of fresh flowers from a client for taking care of her cat. The client rushed in yesterday just as we were finishing lunch, holding her cat in her arms, frantic, saying that it had been shot. Sure enough, it had... but 24 hours later it was stable enough to go home, purring all the way.
The good almost makes up for the bad today, but not quite. Ah well. Some days you're just the bug, I guess.
April 17, 2008
Which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide
Another diptych - possibly one of my favorites. It's been a hard day, a hard month, a hard year... there have been some decisions with both good and bad repercussions, and regrets, and acceptance, and so, so many tears. But there has also been hope, hope and faith and trust, and above all, love. John Lennon said that "love is all you need". I would say that I disagree with that. And yet despite everything, the hope endures, the love endures... bridges hold.
And I love this diptych. I think it is sweet and beautiful and a reminder of good times.
Title taken from a verse of e.e. cummings' poem "i carry your heart with me".
And yes Bridget, I resent the label of "chicken legs". ;-P
April 11, 2008
Fall into Spring
Wow. Anyone still out there? Not that it really matters if you're not; I started this site mainly for myself and it remains a site mainly for myself. For ramblings, images and poetry. But, seriously, it's been a year and a half since my last entry, so it's time to resurrect this site.
Not much has changed since my last entry, and yet everything has changed since my last entry. I am living in the same apartment - but my longing for a place of my own has grown considerably. I am working at the same job - but my longing for a job that doesn't require on-call duty has grown considerably. I am interested in the same Boy - we won't go into that just yet. I am a year and a half older, that much closer to 30 (dear God, the biological clock, I'm afraid, really has started ticking). I have a cat - he is a fantastic beast who doesn't receive nearly enough attention from me. I have been exploring, exploring, exploring this absolutely gorgeous state that I am lucky enough to call "home". I have neither lost nor gained weight; though I am capable, once again, of running five miles at a time. I have dived head first back into the world of film photography - I have fallen in love with pinhole, holga, and a new (for me) Nikon FM. I've achieved some small successes in that field - a few prints in a show, a few images sold for online or magazine use, etc. I have not been writing nearly enough. I have not started a book. Much remains to be achieved...
We'll end that absurdly long and rambling paragraph there, though. This is enough for now - a short but encouraging start. Until the next entry, please enjoy some cherry tree memories - good God, how I do love those trees.
Neither image in this diptych is mine - they are both works of Mr. Zeb Andrews, who is pictured in the bottom image. But I did conceive the idea of this diptych myself, and it's one that continues to make me very happy to look at, so I thought it fitting to accompany my first entry of the year.
You will notice that the comments don't work anymore... but it's not something I mind. If you'd like to comment or reach me by email for anything else, my address is to the right, in the navigation bar.
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This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before being thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
-George Bernard Shaw
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