Week 20 of 209 Weeks: No dejarte dominar por el miedo. Translation: Don’t let yourself be ruled by fear. Photo Notes: This carved lion, made out of a large chunk of wood, was found at a garden center sort of store (or maybe a landscaper?) in Seoul, South Korea in May 2024.

Week 19 of 209 Weeks:‘Tis not in the high stars alone,Nor in the cup of budding flowers,Nor in the red-breast’s mellow tone,Nor in the bow that smiles in showers.But in the darkest, meanest thingsThere alway, alway something sings. —Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Music” Photo Notes: Taken at a state park maybe? (I need to take better notes!)

Week 18 of 209 Weeks: “I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger for life that gnaws in us all.” —Richard Wright, Black Boy (1945)…

Week 17 of 209 Weeks:May you feel lovedMay you feel free from fearMay your hopes and dreams be realized Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MN in Feb 2025. On a walk, I found this “footprint” in the snow. It took me a minute to realize the leaf, with its…

Week 16 of 209 Weeks: “Walk on air against your better judgement.” —Seamus Heaney Photo Notes: ??? No idea. Think I may have taken these photos at a state park? (I need to take better notes.)