So fellow travelers, I am headed up to Lake Ontario for a quick weekend of camping with a good friend. The two of us camp together several times each season. This is unusually late in the summer for us to meet at the campfire, but Life happens. No time like the present, now is all …
Gathering snipets
So fellow travelers, I have downloaded the five hundred plus photos from our west coast adventure. I “should” be completing the blog series from my journal notes. Instead I find myself weaving a different thread of writing this morning. And I am ok with this. A while ago I discovered a secret. The choice to …
Pulling Joy from Memory
So fellow travelers, we all need safe havens, spaces of respite where we retreat, knowing what we find there will soothe, uplift and even strength our spirits to continue on this journey. I am grateful to have the Bedlam Farm Creative group page as an online haven for creativity and encouragement. A visit to “The …
Longing to Return
So, fellow travelers, for the past two weeks I have been awake in an amazing dream called Portland. During this period I only had access to media through my phone. I kept notes by journaling and posting phone shots on my Facebook Wall. For the next few days, in between laundry, a mountainous backlog of …
Sunrise in a Tent
So fellow travelers, having just returned from a rather damp camping trip I am unpacking and drying our gear even as we prepare for a two week excursion out to the West Coast. So little time, so much to post. One quick haiku for now Sunrise in a tentclash of night time storms …
Warriors for Light : Morning with a Rose
So, fellow travelers, another theme running through the Bedlam Creative Group Page is called Warriors for Light. Our mentor, Jon Katz refers to his process of photography as “chasing the light.” In support of Jon during his recent bypass surgery, we followed the lead of photographer Deborah Glessner by posting images under the Warriors …
Ripples
So fellow travelers, this moment bubbled to the surface during my morning meditation by our pond. Golden fish surface sudden ripples remind me every thought matters One of the most significant aspects of learning to meditate was becoming aware of the stream of negative thoughts I was generating. I was astounded to …
Window Shrines of peace and love
So fellow travelers, one of my favorite photo “threads” running through the Bedlam Creative Group page is the window sill galleries. Jon Katz started the series a while back, honestly I don’t remember when but they struck an immediate chord. Soon all sorts of wonderful gallery photos began showing up. There is something spiritual about …
At the gate
So fellow travelers, yesterday, Thursday June 26 at 1:35pm EDT I stepped out of our high school’s backdoor and into the official beginning of my long awaited summer break. I arrived home to find a slightly alarming post from our Bedlam Farm Creative Group mentor Jon Katz which read “Not the end of the world. …
The persistence of pencils
So fellow travelers, lots of photos and posts on the b.b.c. pages about this past weekend’s Open House at Bedlam Farm. One caught my eye. Indeed, I saw the pencil can Jon Katz refers to. It was at that moment sitting by a tree. It stopped me in my tracks. I lowered my camera, because it …