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“I believe that the place in which I live, while I live in it, is the best place in the world for me. And as it gives to me the best it has, it deserves in return from me the best I can give it.”

Clinton Weekly Motto from Great-Grandpa Gray


LATEST POSTS


  • drew itself near

    drew itself near

    24mm (24-70mm lens), f2.8, 1/250, ISO6400 “Why would your creativity not love you?  It came to you, didn’t it?  It drew itself near.  It worked itself into you, asking for your attention and devotion.  It filled you with desire to make and do interesting things.  Creativity wanted a relationship with you.  That must be for

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  • create a dream: QUILT MAKING

    create a dream: QUILT MAKING

    This is the first post in a series I will be sharing regularly.  I have recently become more aware of the power of creativity in a world filled with consumption.  Creativity is so much more than artwork & craft projects.  Creativity is anything that you are doing with deliberation and effort.  Creativity is found in:

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  • truly SEE

    truly SEE

    top & bottom left: 35mm, f2.2, 1/400, ISO 2000 bottom right: 135mm, f3.5, 1/100, ISO 2000 | San Francisco, CA From one of my favorite photography books, TAO OF PHOTOGRAPHY by Philippe L. Gross & S.I. Shapiro- “SEEING, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions.  It means

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  • practice daily

    practice daily

    85mm, 1/250, f2.5, ISO 250 | my home Daylight was ending and I hadn’t picked up my camera all day.  I grabbed the cut flowers from the entry table and set out to the back porch.  The pink hues from the setting sun saturated the light.  I was grateful that I had kept the commitment

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  • I know what to do

    I know what to do

    1/200, f2.2, ISO250, 50mm | my home The thoughts rolling through my head- I want them to lift me, point me to my goals, feel my successes, and have a vision greater than today. Instead, they are- shielding me, protecting me, keeping me safe. But safe is boring. Being unseen is diminishing. I am ready

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  • every single day

    I attended a violin senior recital last Friday.  5 seniors were performing solos of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with an orchestra accompanying them.  Each performer was FANTASTIC! As the 4th senior came to stage and played her first note, I knew something was different.  She was phenomenal.  We were mesmerized, truly blown away.  After arriving home

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