August 30, 2026

Lobster Boats, Rockport Harbor, Maine

October 29, 2026

The Tao has a way, and we have a way. Whose way will be THE way? Following the Tao, living aligned with the Tao, is as simple as ignoring our way and allowing the Tao to become our new way. And that is as simple as dropping into the silence and discerning what is called…

October 28, 2026

When I was in my photography phase, which ended when my knees gave out, I made every necessary sacrifice to be where the photograph was. Up before sunrise, out after moonset all over the country and into Canada. I met the requirements. Paid the price. And have the portfolio to prove it. The natural world…

October 27, 2026

Letting things be what they are and knowing when intervention is required and when it would only make thing worse is an art to living well upon the earth. Too much the savior is intrusion. Too little the savor is aiding and abetting. When are we being nosy and when do we need to be…

Published by jimwdollar

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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