“Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.”
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January 1, 2021 not only ended an extremely fulfilling career in education, but also my personal photography project to create photographs everyday at work for the final years of my career. I worked on this project for three and a half years. Closing the chapters on both the career and the project
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
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More than six years ago, I received some lighting equipment as a gift. It was a gift that I requested. Since that time,
“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
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Of all the places I visit time and time again, Roan Mountain is a location that
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
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Thirty-three and a half years ago I began my career teaching on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Each teacher at my school was a first-year teacher. We all commuted an hour each way from
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes…you’re Doing Something.”
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While I will never look back on the year 2020 as my best year in photography, I will look back on it as a year that I did
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.”
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Each year, at this time, I look through the images I created throughout the year and choose my favorites. Typically this project has been a relatively easy thing to do. This year, I spent significantly more time making my selections and
“Take a detour.
Discover small towns
and friendly faces
that don’t grow along the highway.”
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Sometime since Covid took hold of our lives, I started a new personal photography project. This project was to visit small towns and interesting places in the Carolinas, my home. Keith Carter’s project resulting in his book,
“The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.”
-Robert Wyland
My best friend of 45 years, Dena, invited me to spend time with her at her beach house located in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. I looked forward to the trip for so many reasons. First of all,
“Art feeds my soul. Great books battleproof my hope. Rich conversations magnify my creativity. Wonderful music uplifts my heart. Beautiful sights fortify my spirit.”
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Last Saturday morning, I met great friends and fellow photographers, Les and Janet Saucier, in Cowpens, South Carolina.
In 1781, Cowpens was the sight of an important victory for America in the fight for independence from the British.
It was not Cowpen’s history that led my friends, Les, Janet, and me to Cowpens, but rather
