spring arrived in the bay area. i think it must have traveled in with daylight savings time for they seemed to make their appearance at the same time. the green of the plants and the blue of the sky wave at me from my bed and invite me to begin the day with more energy and purpose than the gray of the winter emanates. and with the sun comes forth an energy of a new start, a fresh beginning. at the new year, we feel the same potential, but it is more internal, a latent hope for what could be....
Read Moredespite my writing love and the skill of my camera, nothing will be able to accurately retell the beauty of today. it was unlike any other view i have ever known. 8″ of snow blanketing the entire indian hillside, the setting sun painting itself uninhibitedly across the virgin, white canvas. the way the light shown, the way my feet sounded, the way my heart swelled… oh, thank you Father. and to those of you on the other side of the globe… thanks for sharing with us. …from my front yard…
the rain came today. they've been telling me it would be here all week and i cannot remember the last time i saw it. today the rain showed up. i love the smell it brings with it, fresh and clean, full of life. spring is on its way, i can feel it in the air. it is a time where all nature seems to rejoice in its birth to a renewed life, promising the warmth of color and sunshine. it only seems appropiate that as my wipers rhythmically accompaning me into the office, i saw my first budding tree of...
Read Morei cannot even begin to count the number of times i driven up to manhattan. my car knows the road well. but last weekend, my little silver saturn took me for a different ride. for the first time, i went up highway 177. oh my goodness. what was i thinking ever going another way? how did i miss this? with shawn mcdonald's here am i playing as loud as my speakers would allow, i massaged the rolling roads with my wearing wheels. glorious. sometime in life you must all drive through the flinthills of kansas, though i ask that you...
Read Moreit was final project week. i had left at 3am to rest my mind and my body before returning 6am. i liked coming in at this time because all of my classmates were leaving in order to avoid the 7am parking tickets. the lights were off, the room was still, i was in flow. instant messenger was my tunnel to the outside world during final projects; the only way i interacted with people outside of seaton. however, this may morning, it became my poison, as it carried to me the one thing that had the capability to bring down an...
Read Morefor the first time since i left, i miss being in manhattan. i miss the flint hills in the fall. i long to run up manhattan hill to look down on the city clothed in its fall wardrobe. i miss my favorite tree in manhattan. i don't call very many things favorites; i use that title cautiously. however, i do not think twice in stating that i have a favorite tree, or perhaps had one. it was the kind of tree that caused me to change my walking path through campus in the fall just so i might walk by...
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this weekend, i went to kansas city. i went to see friends, buy furniture, to get away...but most of all, to drive. you see, in all of kansas, i have not found a better place to drive than between mile marker 104 and 119 on i-35. it's God's hidden treasure on the interstate between eldorado and emporia. have you ever tried to take a picture of a moment that is so much bigger than you? every time you look at it afterwards, it hints at what you saw, but it could never begin to contain what you felt. that's how...
Read MoreAnother incredible day in Egypt. We left early this morning for a day at sea. We took a boat ride out about 5 miles from land to go scuba diving and snorkeling. Once again, an unforgettable and overwhelming experience. I felt so humbled by the beauty hidden under the water. The colors of the fish were so vibrant and bright and the fish so playful, I just wanted to join them. I was also amazed by the coral that we swam around; there was such detail and intricacy in every piece, kept secret from everyone except those who venture down...
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