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things to fear and to forgive
A four-shot panorama, from last year’s Nova Scotian adventure.
Today’s the first day of eight where I’m using a line from a Bruce Cockburn song as the post’s title. Why? Because he’s terrific, and because it seeemed like the thing to do. And because I wanted to see if I could do it.
You can hear “Don’t Forget About Delight”, the song these words are from here.
The Lookoff
Kings County, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.26.2015
River
I don’t really have anything to say about this image, which I made along the Willamette River in Portland. So, here’s a link to a song by my favorite musician, Bruce Cockburn – The End of All Rivers.
Portland, Oregon
photographed 6.9.2015
In the hope that you can see
“In the hope that you can see” is a wisp of a song that played while I was working on this image. It seemed to fit.
Childress, Texas
photographed 12.26.2015
Everything changes.
The weather forecast said it would be in the low 70s, so it was only because I was lazy that I even had a coat with me – it had been left in my car from the previous bit of cold weather. I had some activities for work about an hour’s drive from Lubbock, and I took my camera (of course!), planning to take advantage of the promised nice weather. The work activities – a couple of ribbon-cuttings – were held outdoors and the weather got steadily colder as the day progressed. By the time I left, the temperature was in the high 40s.
When I stopped to take this picture, the thermometer on my car said it was 45 degrees. When I got to the next town, only nine miles away, it was 54 degrees. And when I got back to Lubbock, 30 miles from where I took the picture, it was, as promised, in the low 70s.
Everything changes. Even the weather.
Lately – as perhaps you’ve noticed – I’ve been in a musical mood. Here’s a Bruce Cockburn song:
Make me a bed of fond memories
Make me to lie down with a smile
Everything that rises afterward falls
But all that dies has first to live.As longing becomes love
As night turns to day
Everything changes
Joy will find a way
Ralls Cemetery
Ralls, Texas
photographed 1.31.2014
July 30
On the grounds of the Colorado Chautauqua.
True story: I sat on this bench and listed through the walls of the auditorium to Bruce Cockburn’s soundcheck a few hours before an actual concert. In fact, let’s assume that I heard “Mighty Trucks of Midnight”* while I was taking this picture.
Boulder, Colorado
photographed 5.27.11
*Because I really did hear that song during the soundcheck.
One Day | One Image 