Drip, pour over, french press. Bold, mild, “a little room for cream.” You order half decaf, “make it a medium,” and feel like the drunk who orders near-beer. Who are we kidding. You sit facing the window, and the clock (there is only so much time), pull out your journal, a new pen. You write …
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Story in Photos: How You View Your World
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about details, perspective, and the filters through which we view our world. The way these three concepts work together are never more apparent than when I study photos, mine or someone else’s. I found this tiny portrait in an old empty bank building somewhere in Waxahachie, TX. I was twelve. …
Smell: The Expressway to Memory
It’s nothing new to say our sense of smell is an expressway to memory. One whiff of black pavement on a hot day, and I am at Six Flags in the heat of summer during the late ’70’s. My dad worked a mile or two away, so he would drop my sisters and me off for the …