A short while ago, as my seven-year-old son and I were talking in bed one weekday morning, I asked him what he was most looking forward to a...
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In Between
Something made me turn around today and look at my footsteps in the wind-sculpted snow. The sweeping curve of my tracks made me wonder. We f...
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Wanting to Know Who I Am
I walked out of the office tonight to perhaps my least favorite kind of weather. The temperature hovered just above freezing. Sheets of larg...
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Of Hope and Daffodils
A few weeks ago, we instituted a rule in our house where no one is allowed to use electronics between dinner and the time our son goes to be...
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A Critical Step Forward
Years ago, I was hiking the Bearfence Mountain Trail in Shenandoah National Park. About halfway through the short 1.2 mile hike, the trail ...
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New Heights
I'll admit it. I'm not good with heights. I wouldn't go so far as saying I'm petrified of them, but climbing to wide open he...
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Reflecting Our Reaction
Today while playing baseball with a friend in our neighborhood park, the kid inadvertently got too close to a nest of ground bees and had on...
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Comments and Crickets
Life is a difficult thing to assess when you're in the throes of it, so the painful and uncomfortable moments serve as a non-so-gentle r...
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The Beautiful Resonance of Its Flaws
As I walked through the garden tonight, one of my newest plants -- Alocasia Masquerade™ 'Mayan Mask' -- made me stop in my tracks. I...
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A Siren on a Stem
Breathtaking. Overwhelming. Perfection. I found myself in sensory overdrive yesterday, on my back looking up at the most perfect lily I'...
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The Reason I'm Crying
Before going the bed last night, I stepped out into our gazebo to make one final attempt to save a tiny life that serendipitously crossed in...
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Focusing on the Imperfections of a Life in Progress
A while back, I was photographing one of my son's scouting events and a scout leader stopped to make sure that I didn't miss my son...
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Watching Him Choose a Reflection
As my son has grown, I've been fascinated by what things hold his interest for extended periods of time. Kids of his age are notoriously...
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Keeping the Wild Things at Bay
A couple of weeks ago, as I was out taking photographs in our garden, I heard my son tap on the glass of our living room window. I turned ar...
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Just Below the Surface
One of my favorite plants in our garden is a witch hazel shrub that grows along the back fence. In the decade we've owned the house, the...
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Nothing Less
As a political science and philosophy major in college, I read more commentary on the human condition than anyone probably needs in a lifeti...
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Making Room in Our Hearts
One of the first things we try to instill in our children is the concept of sharing, the giving of ourselves in order to better the lives of...
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