The Essence of Being Human
I received some disappointing news earlier today about something I had wanted very badly. It just so happened that a good friend of mine got the thing that I wanted. […]
A Better Reality
I know many of you out there are purists when it comes to your photographs, and that’s okay. Power lines, stop signs, annoying tourists stepping in front of your shot […]
The Wreck of Peter Iredale
“May God bless you, and may your bones bleach in these sands.” – Peter Iredale Captain, H. Lawrence Slipping down the white sand dunes of Clatsop Beach along the Oregon […]
Three Times is Never Enough
Today, I’m at Jansen Art Center in Lynden, Washington on a writer’s retreat with 11 other writers. We’re all sitting in the library upstairs, sipping coffee and tapping away on […]
The Rembrandt Tulip
The painterly quality of a shallow depth of field can turn a simple photo into a canvas – appropriate, considering tulips have long been popular with artists, and some varieties have even been […]
RoozenGaarde
The tulips are here! Every spring, for a few short weeks, the Skagit Valley glows with miles and miles of blossoming fields. My friend Sarah and I visited the RoozenGaarde fields […]
Look Up
Another reason to love the Pacific Northwest in the springtime…
