A Moment of Gratitude

The American flag waving in the breeze has always evoked a maelstrom of emotions in me, and every year around this time, I feel it especially intensely. I am deeply grateful for having been born in this country. When I think of the atrocities that affect many people in other parts of the world on a daily basis – the violence, the genocide, the rapes – I can only be humbly thankful for having somehow...

A For Effort

Last weekend, on a beautiful Spring Day, I stopped briefly to watch a scene unfold on a baseball diamond in the middle of Central Park. Two local teams faced off in a hotly contested Little League game (this is New York – everything is hotly contested!). As one young boy got up to bat, I noticed his father pacing nervously near the dugout, yelling out instructions. When he finally struck out, costing his team...

Interview with Dr. Lorie Karnath

We had the opportunity to interview Dr. Lorie Karnath from the NYC Explorers Club. It highlights the theme of our last workshop and becoming Change Agents in our own lives. Has science and exploration always been a part of your life? Yes, from a very young age growing up in Concord, Massachusetts, I spent my days exploring the nature that Walden, Thoreau and others from Concord wrote about. This early interest...

Children Indoors On A Rainy Day

The weather has finally shifted and there are lots of signs of spring. I have just heard the weather forecast for a weekend of rain. This doesn’t stop the opportunity for capturing wonderful photos of children. Children enjoy playing both indoors and outdoors. Here are photos from a rainy day weekend. This photo sequence, a set of four palladium prints, tells the story of a boy’s playtime. Framed or in...

The Second Tool toward Having the (Guilt-Free) Life You Want

Do you have your change list? Did you manage not to sensor what you wrote? Have you looked at it since you made it last month? If so, when you looked at it again, did you make changes to it (or want to)? If you haven’t had a chance to do the second step (or the first step for that matter!) in the process of having the life you want, revisit the previous blogs to get caught up to this point (starting with...