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Lazy Days and Flowers

Lazy Days and Flowers

Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. A lazy summer Saturday invites quiet contemplation of nature’s industry and beauty. Yesterday was a fraught Friday — a frantic workday followed by evening activities and exhaustion that left no time to consider a blog post. Today is quiet […]


It’s in sight now

It's in sight now

The Caribbean, St. Eustatius, N.A. Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Thursday. We have passed the middle and are nearly to the weekend. The end is in sight. My wife Nancy has sometimes in the past been a nervous diver and has felt a similar feeling of imminent relief at […]


No Parking!

No Parking!

Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, USA Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Driving downtown at rush hour on a weekday: Isn’t it an uplifting challenge? (Rhetorical question.) It is relatively easy to despise cities when you are looking for a parking place and the streets are crowded. This week I have […]


Monday (just not working)

Monday (just not working)

The Caribbean, Bonaire, N.A. Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. It is one of those days … Mondays, I mean. I’m never at my best on Mondays. Mondays are odd, bizarre, unpleasant, tiring. You fight through it and hope to survive. Like this poor flounder; he was not having a […]


Lazy Day

Lazy Day

Amanoka Villa, Discovery Bay, Jamaica Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. It is Sunday. The day of rest. As a theme, I try to take Sunday for kicking back, relaxing, and appreciating. My challenge, then, is to find an image on Sundays that reminds me of relaxation and contemplation. I […]