Tag Archives: TakingTimetoLook

Take Home Quote of the Day

To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
? Elliott Erwitt Continue reading

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Found on the way to something else.

I found some interesting stuff last night on my way to finding my traditional shamrock pin for today. I think every little kid should be given a rather substantial box of some kind in which to keep treasures, whether they’re rocks and feathers or all the pins and stuff that come along. Continue reading

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One Good Thing

Let’s find one good thing every day.
Show or tell us your one good thing. Continue reading

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Charles Simic, 1938-2023

When you read a nice poem, somebody else’s poem, you become attuned to the words on the page. The language seems so rich, so beautiful, imagination making connections. You do need the reader as a collaborator. There could be other … Continue reading

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In the front yard

Perhaps you’re wondering how much longer on the daffodils friends, but I look forward to them every year and it seems a short season to me. I am glad that they survived the snow yesterday and that today it was … Continue reading

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