Building a Fire

I’m sitting by the firepit, nursing a small but growing orange flame. If I’m honest, there’s also a lot of blue smoke. After the storm from a couple days ago, the wood still holds dampness. I’m back to building fires, because it is a way I can...

Long Exposure

This afternoon, I was playing with long exposure photographs.  I love how the change in time-frame transforms movement in an image.  Things go from snapshot clarity to flow. Consider this—the effect we see in long exposure photographs is somewhat similar to the...

Post-meditation Prompt

My thoughts lately have been centering in on the idea of success, and where joy and fulfillment rest within that picture.  Relatedly, my meditation practice has discussed the often misguided relationship between struggle and worth/success.  After meditating tonight, I...