December 25, 2007
the season bright

wreath, backyard, broek op langedijk/minolta autocord

"for somehow, not only at christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.”
- john greenleaf whittier (american writer, 1807-1892)

amen.

merry christmas, everyone.

*larger here.

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December 19, 2007
like sapphires in boxcars

bead store, hoogstraat, alkmaar/great wall DF-2

"adversity is the diamond dust heaven polishes its jewels with.”
- thomas carlyle (scottish historian and essayist, 1795-1881)

it's been a rough few months.
but - surely, surely - it can only get better.

*larger here.

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December 01, 2007
worse things happen at sea, y'know.

between bergen and alkmaar/nikon FE

looking on the bright side - my nature, ordinarily - has become more and more effortful
as an unsatisfactory ending to my bus situation becomes more and more inevitable.
these are circumstances beyond my control, and they are compelling me into a worst-case scenario: back into the employment market, despite having a job i enjoy and do well.
frustration and anxiety - and my futile attempts to change the course of events - have kept me from doing the things i love to do.
*
taking pictures is what i miss most of all.

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