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Hey! I'm the one on the left having some fun on a trip to Morocco! Thanks for stopping by! Having retired from the corporate world, my days are now packed with photography, blogging and seeing the world around me. My photography is varied...a reflection of who I am...my love of people...experiencing different lifestyles and cultures...with a little abstract thrown in!
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Author Archives: gotham girl
assume the position
The last time I opened my chakra so I could feel my peace, I got thrown right out of the pub. ~Terri Guillemets, creator of The Quote Garden (Cross-posted over at Vision and Verb where a collaborative group of like-minded women from all over the world share their passion for photography and the written [...]
Posted in Vision and Verb
Tagged Chakra, Terri Guillemets, The Quote Garden, Vision and Verb
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floating along…
A generous heart, kind speech, and compassion are the things which renew humanity. – Buddha
building community in chester, vermont
In my dream, the angel shrugged and said… ‘If we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination… And then she placed the world, gently, in the palm of my hand.’ Brian Andreas (closing poem of the welcoming talk by Robert Sarly) All ages and all walks of life came out to [...]
ruth gruber
“My only regret is not doing enough.” That answer not only floored me, but totally inspired me. The question was proposed by a young woman in the audience. “Mrs. Gruber, If you’d look back over your life…do you have any regrets?” I can’t get that response out of my head, nor do I want to. [...]
Posted in People, Photography
Tagged NYC, photography, Ruth Gruber, Shearith Israel, Soho Photo
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mom
Mom, I am because of you. I love you dearly. Happy Mother’s Day!
wabi-sabi saturday
This week’s wabi-sabi sighting was definitely in Vermont, specifically Chester, Vermont. Even more specific? How about an old run down building that used to be a community gathering venue, the American Legion. But then two people came along with a vision. They could visualize a space made of natural materials, sensitive to texture, light and [...]
Posted in Travel, Wabi Sabi Saturday
Tagged Chester, Vermont, Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts, VTica, wabi-sabi, wabi-sabi Saturday
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welcome to tan-y-garth
It’s difficult to put into words the weekend experience at my friend’s cabin in Vermont, appropriately named tan-y-garth. That’s a Welsh phrase, translated to half-way up the mountain. There’s more solitude and silence than one can ever imagine here. Every so often during the day a chime or a soleri bell would produce an ever [...]
under the spell at tan-y-garth
It is raining and you can hear the pattern of the drops. You can hear it with your ears, or you can hear it out of that deep silence. If you hear it with complete silence of the mind, then the beauty of it is such that cannot be put into words or onto canvas, [...]
