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Tag Archives: photography
Light: Advent Word 15
Let light perpetual shine upon us.
Focus: Advent Word 7
In the spring of 1965, my father entrusted me with his Kodak Brownie camera to take along on our sixth-grade field trip to the Salado Indian cliff dwellings at Tonto National Monument. Photography has been my passion through the ensuing … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, bokeh, depth of field, focus, photography
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Awaken: Advent Word 1
This year, I have decided to participate in the daily discipline of #AdventWord, a project of the worldwide Anglican Communion designed to create a global Advent calendar where we can share images and meditations that reflect the spirit of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, awake, photography, religion, sunrise
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Something Old
I still have the tattered Golden Book of Nursery Tales (1948) and Mother Goose Book of Nursery Rhymes (1953) presented to me at birth. At a time in my life when preserving the past evidently mattered less to me, I removed the … Continue reading
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Tagged cemetery, discrimination, history, identity, language, memories, photography, World War I
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. . . And a Few More (Pictures, That Is)
I’m afraid I scared off more than a few potential readers by the tongue-in-cheek title I chose for my last post. “Juste (a Few thousand) Words” was meant as a play on the title of my blog and the hackneyed … Continue reading
Juste (a Few Thousand) iWords
Today, with both student essays to grade and a personal writing assignment of my own to complete, I decided to try something a little different for my recently neglected blog. I have been a camera snob since I picked up my … Continue reading