I’ve Been Thinking

Hello everyone. Yeah, it’s been a bit. I’ve been thinking. I’ve been in my head. It’s taken me a long time to begin to unravel the jumble of thoughts in my head. I think I have finally come up with the words to move forward. I think, and hope, that getting this out will allow me to write and create more freely again. So here goes.

Hard to believe my last post was back in January. So much has occurred since then. Some of it good and filled with joy while there are a lot of other things that crushed me mentally and brought me down. I’ll be honest, I really do try to to see the good in things, but the beginning of 2026 here in MN made that challenging.

Our year here in MN started out with hate, lies and intentional division. It ended with the killing of citizens, lies, cover ups, hate and division. I am not going to talk about politics and my thoughts behind all of this. I will only share the belief that we are being intentionally divided. There is power and leverage in division. I want to be clear, I am not happy with either side of the current arguments and what is happening in our country and our world. Both sides are full on anti the other. Frankly, that just isn’t good enough. I still believe that the people have the power and are closer together than we are being led to believe.

Please don’t read this as a statement of politics and position. Actually, it is a plea for help. A plea to see the good in the world and in people. A plea to not let propaganda divide us.

OK…That’s all I am going to say about that. Again, I write this in hopes that I can find some joy in creativity again and find my way forward.

So I’ll be back soon with an update on what I’ve been up to and some other thoughts on the things (bikes, cameras, coffee & creativity) that keep me going and bring peace, joy and direction in my life.

Until then, here is one of my favorite pics from the first few months. This is where I have my best thinking.