We’re no good at sending love into the world, and even worse at receiving it. I want to shout it from the rooftops, but the streets are stony and deaf. How can I crack my heart to let a sliver of this color out? “All of you in a space full of sounds — in the shade…
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Devotional: Loneliness
Wednesday. Loneliness is real, but this is not it. This is the kind of loneliness you have to get used to. This is the kind of loneliness that makes you who you are. How you fill your time now tells the person you are today who to become tomorrow. Will you clutch your loneliness to…
Read MoreIn Which I Attempt To Shoot Fashion Photography
One of my hobbies, for those of you who don’t know, is photography. Every now and then I get a chance to take advantage of this love and bum a dSLR camera from my sister to take photos. Recently, I decided I wanted to experiment with some fashion and portrait photography. As it was my…
Read MoreCentral Coast, California
I don’t have a lot of time to do things right now, so instead of writing something meaningful I’ve decided to put up a series of photos I’ve taken of my surroundings here in California. I don’t have much else to say about this post, except that the photos are a combination of landscapes, portraits, iPhone…
Read MoreAdventures in Greece: Helios, Sparta, and The Land Of The Gods
On Saturday of this past week I traveled to Gythio, the port city of Sparta. Gythio is an integral part of the Mani region, a part of larger Lakonia, which in Classical times was famed for the militaristic brutality of the Spartan warriors. “Come home with your shield or on it,” is the famous saying…
Read More10 Things I Learned While Backpacking In The Smokies
These past few days my internet-savvy friends may have noticed that I disappeared from the world for a while. My sister and I went up into the clouds, into the haze of the beautiful Smoky Mountains, to hike in the backcountry for four days. Here are ten things I learned while backpacking: 10) Water fresh…
Read MoreIn The French Countryside
So, I’ve got a number of blog posts planned for future weeks detailing what, specifically, I’m doing here in France, what I’m eating, what I’m drinking, where we’re working, et cetera. But I thought at first I’d just try to pass on a little bit of this world on the other side of the pond,…
Read MoreDigital Photography & Environmental Preservation
Hey world! I recently watched two videos featuring some incredible time-lapse photography out in the wild of the Pacific Coast. The first, entitled “The Majesty of Oregon” instilled in me a tremendous desire to go look at all of the places featured in the video, especially since I was living in Oregon at the time.…
Read MoreA Walk In The Wood on Christmas Day
My family decided to do a theme of “Zen” this year for the Christmas spirit, meaning we all had to buy or make gifts for each other that encouraged, for either the gift giver or the gift receiver, a state of peace, calm, and contentment. In that spirit, I cannot think of a better way…
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The Z-Axis 