So fellow travelers, lately the weight of life’s passages has weighed heavily on my heart. As I am apt to do when I need to recenter my soul, I went for a walk very early this morning inspite of the snow and wind which greeting me at my back door. As I walked these words […]
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The Story of Spring 2015 43.167° N, 76.33° W.
So fellow travelers, I am currently taking an online photography class from CGBF photo guru Jeff Anderson. The classes I gifted myself with last year pushed me out of “auto” mode and gave me the basic photoshop skills I needed to make steady progress with my Canon DSLR. This class is assignment based; Jeff gives […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 22, 2015
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Sunday’s at the Rescue: Bama
So fellow travelers, Janet Rath, the amazing vet tech at the rescue where I volunteer posted this great shot of Bama, a stunning long legged beauty whom so many of us love to walk and play with. Bama is a wonderful dog with two strikes against her. She’s black and she’s big. Imagine the backlash […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 18, 2015
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Garden Angel
So fellow travelers, in search of a subject for an assignment in a photography class I came upon this tiny spirit in my parent’s garden. Although the photo did not quite yield the image I needed for the assignment, the feeling it created stayed with me long enough to form a haiku: Small but holding […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 17, 2015
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The 4.0 Challenge: Take Two
So fellow travelers, when last we checked in on the 4.0 challenge, we were standing at a 3.8 mile point listening to a flock of redwing blackbirds herald the impending return of spring. Knowing the other direction off this first route would bring me to a busy commercial district during peak after work “busy-ness” hours […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 17, 2015
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The 4.0 Challenge: Take One
So fellow travelers, a fellow member of the Bedlam Farm creative group recently posted a challenge for us. Glenn Curtis is an AMAZING photographer, excellent writer and fabulous chef…oh yeah and he has a wonderful dog named Elka. Glenn tantalizes us with his gourmet cooking, draws us in with his descriptive writing and inspires awe […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 14, 2015
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Enough is enough
So fellow travelers, this morning I came across a phenomenal photo and poem posted by Jon Katz on his Bedlam Farm Blog. Jon is the founder, mentor and “grand poohbah” of the Creative Group at Bedlam Farm, which I reference here frequently. If you want to know more about us, look it up on Facebook. Our […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 8, 2015
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March
So fellow travelers after five weeks of relentless bone chilling cold, sub zero wind chills and daily snowfall we have finally hit our first few days of temps above freezing. Lest we get comfortable enough to don shorts and flip flops, Old Man Winter has been careful to throw in a few nights of single […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 5, 2015
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Eighteen
So fellow travelers, eighteen years ago today an amazing spirit came into my life. She challenges me every day to think outside the box, makes me forever proud for the ways she pushed herself to grow and embrace this adventure we call life. These words celebrate the gift of being her Mom. I look forward […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on March 4, 2015
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Reaching
So fellow travelers, sitting at in the library of the high school where I work, I sensed a change in the ambient light. After hours of grey lake effect squalls driven by a subzero wind chill brutal enough to delay school for two hours yesterday morning, the sun had managed to push a few rays […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on February 25, 2015
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