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Off the deck and into the wild–Yosemite travel day.
(Here are all the streams and rivers I fished in the last two days, making the most of my 22 dollar fishing license. I … Read More
Posted in Life, Personal, Photography, The Writing Life
Tagged fishing, photography, travel
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Married to a photographer.
I’m married to a photographer, and I love it. I’ve been planning this blog post for awhile–sneakily taking pictures of Mike Neal taking pictures.The sheer obsessiveness, … Read More
Attention Deficit Nation
Stress. Distractibility. It’s everywhere. I don’t wonder why I’m stressed. I work at a stressful job (therapy with children and adolescents is far from the … Read More
Posted in Personal, Social Media
Tagged neurobiology, photography, Social networking, technology
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Corrupted by beauty: #Kaua`i
When you grow up in a place like Kaua`i, it does something to you. The island’s enchantment ruins everywhere else. I call it being corrupted … Read More
The nature of water.
I’ve always loved water. Perhaps it’s growing up in Hawaii–some of my earliest memories are the intense physical sensations of the ocean, the cold of … Read More
In praise of the Stay-cation.
Renaissance Man and I decided to grab a week of vacation before the summer ends, and after freaking out over the interisland fares (we miss … Read More
Not sure when I became a photographer, but… enter the Iphone.
I just wrote a long thing, and then deleted it. It was boring, the usual rant by a converted nontech pagan to the gospel of … Read More
Posted in Blogging, Creativity, Hawaii
Tagged iphonography, photography, Social networking
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The road ahead post-kids
Father’s Day 2011 was a big one for Renaissance Man and I, the first ever where we had no children on island to share it … Read More
Posted in Hawaii, Life, Personal
Tagged adventure, Hawaii, nature, parenting, photography
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