The Cowboy and the Rattlesnake

The Cowboy and the Rattlesnake

A cowboy was bedding down on the open range for the night when a rattlesnake slithered near the campfire. “Do you mind if I sleep under the blankets with you?” the rattlesnake asked. “Are you nuts?” the cowboy said, “You’re a rattlesnake and rattlesnakes bite people.”...
The Healing Power of Writing

The Healing Power of Writing

The power of life or death is in the tongue.- Proverbs 18:21  A man walked into my office recently and saw a picture of my wife and me on my desk.  He picked it up, looked at her, looked at me, looked back at her, then looked at me and said, “Good Lord, man, is she...
The Reason I Write: To Narrate My Own Story

The Reason I Write: To Narrate My Own Story

 “No one can ever take away from you the power to interpret your own circumstances.” – Dr. Vincent Amanor-Boadu, Kansas State University If you were to compare yourself to a movie star, who would it be? If you could be any musician, who would it be? If you could be...
The Reason I Photograph: To See With Different Eyes

The Reason I Photograph: To See With Different Eyes

It is not what you hold in your hand that takes a great photograph; it’s what you hold in your heart. – anonymous I admit it: I kind of have a thing for my camera. My camera has had its feelings hurt lately because I’ve been neglectful in our relationship even to the...

Parts of a Culture You Can Change

I’ve read numerous books and articles on Cultural Transformation and, frankly, it’s overwhelming. Therefore, I’ve finally broken it down by comparing it to me: I am my own culture and my culture changes as life goes by.  My own personal culture is different than it...