Finding our way to The Way one situation at a time. I don't know how great it will be, but I expect it will be interesting, and I look forward to it going on past all reason because wonder is just that way. Are you coming or not?
Catawba River 07/19/2019 — Landsford Canal State Park, South Carolina
What keeps you going? Seriously. What pulls you into your life? What are the sources of attraction? Of interest? Of energy, vibrance, enthusiasm, joy and delight?
I get excited about making cobbler, a good cup of coffee and oatmeal-raisin cookies. Reading and writing. Sitting quietly. Most anything with quiet attached. Working with photographs. Reflecting on various aspects of life and coming to new realizations.
Like why we see the way we see, think the way we think, and why so many of us don't think about these things. When pondering is one of my favorite things to do.
For instance, I'm curious about why that picnic table in the photo above is still in service.
In my younger days, I would drive back out there just to see if it has been decommissioned.
I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing.
I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.
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2 thoughts on “February 18, 2025”
That’s an idyllic picnic spot. Beautiful photograph!
I would like to be like a cloud floating around and dropping in on places like this one. That’s about as much effort as I want to expend going from place to place.
Energy is a lot like money these days–I don’t know whether it is best to spend it or save it!
Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 
That’s an idyllic picnic spot. Beautiful photograph!
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I would like to be like a cloud floating around and dropping in on places like this one. That’s about as much effort as I want to expend going from place to place.
Energy is a lot like money these days–I don’t know whether it is best to spend it or save it!
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