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May 11, 2015
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WEEK THIRTY-FOUR: SACRED GROUND

A kayak is the best way to get up close to the low-lying cedar and palm forest that is defined by our river, the Homosassa. This wood is...

May 5, 2015
1 min

WEEK THIRTY-THREE: CARPE DIEM

For the most part, flowers strike me as happily receptive. They are open to the universe and ready to meet the day regardless of what it...

Apr 28, 2015
1 min

WEEK THIRTY-TWO: MY LEFT BRAIN

I found a dewy spider’s web, hidden and protected under the boughs of a tree and softly back-lit by the rising sun. I was surprised –...

Apr 21, 2015
1 min

WEEK THIRTY-ONE: FEAR

As I peered through my viewfinder and telephoto lens to make this image, I felt my pulse quicken. I was looking into this gator’s eyes. ...

Apr 13, 2015
1 min

WEEK THIRTY: THE SINGULARITY OF THREE

These three barn owls that live at a local wildlife park drew my immediate attention. I think it was their collective gesture, the...

Apr 4, 2015
1 min

WEEK TWENTY-NINE: THE SEASON

It is Easter Weekend and here in Florida it is the peak of “the season”. That is the term for the perfect storm that happens when all of...

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