
“When Words Become Unclear, I Shall Focus With Photographs.” – Ansel Adams
Everyone has heard of the quote "A picture is worth a thousand words" but I think photographer Ansel Adams gets a bit closer to the real meaning of this oft-used saying. His full quote goes as follows: "When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When...

“I’ve Got the Sun In The Mornin’ and The Moon at Night.” – Irving Berlin
After four years of writing to you here each Sunday, I have learned an important lesson in story-telling. Stories have a life of their own and you have to let them go where they may. That is certainly the case with last week's Thanksgiving post. It did not go where I...

“A Story is Not Like a Road You Follow…It is More Like a House.” – Alice Munro
On this Canadian Thanksgiving Sunday, it is not hard to look back on this week and recall just how much we have to be thankful for. I will start with the quote in the title of this blog. As many of you know, Canadian author Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for...