Random Thoughts

Maybe you run. Maybe you journal. Perhaps you meditate or do yoga. Me?   I take a photo.   More specifically, in 2018 I took a PHOTO OF MY HAND* every day. 2018 was the 5 th year I deliberately took a photo of something every day.   In 2014, I photographed the bed I woke up in every morning.   In 2015, it was my FEET.   2016 and ’17 were my HAND, and I continued that subject into 2018. I would guess at this point that your reaction might be, “Ummm, why?”.   And that is a logical question, a question that I now realize has many answers.   But the most honest, seemingly important answer is this: Taking a specific photo every day grounds me.   I have one shot at it – I choose the location of my photo based on the most significant event of my day.   But hey, days change!   What if I commit to my hand photo at 10:00 am, then “something better” comes along in the evening??   Well, that’s life, and it is a good...

Bed a Day is a project I worked on every single day of 2014.  It was the first big project of this type that I tackled – I set myself the goal of taking a photo of the bed I woke up in every day .  You can see the Bed a Day video at:   Bed a Day video I was not sure I could do it really.  Would I forget?  Would I be upset with myself if I failed??  Was it a ridiculous task? Here are the statistics of “Bed a Day” 2014: ·              Total number of beds I slept in - 22           Pets that got on a bed I slept in – 1            How many stranger’s beds I slept in - 4           How many hotel beds I slept in - 11           Total number of nights I slept in hotel beds - 23           Number of states I slept in - 12         ...