Spanning Time and Distance
In 1977 my husband Jim and I lived in Tampa, Florida. That was the year that two of Jim’s hometown friends from Illinois moved to Tampa. Jim introduced one of them, Bobby, to a friend of a teacher friend, Betty. Bob and Betty fell in love, moved to Oregon in
“Quiet Force of Nature”
The Piece that I have made for this prompt is entirely different from my original idea I returned to the idea of how in nature creatures, animals, plants, trees, mushrooms etc. -all build bridges often unseen by humans I thought how Gardens quickly become overgrown when left untended I thought
Bridging the Rub’ al Khali
The Rub’ al Khali—popularly known as the Empty Quarter—is the world’s largest uninterrupted sea of sand, sweeping across the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, and the Republic of Yemen. Spanning nearly 650,000 square kilometers, this awe-inspiring wilderness is a realm of towering dunes,
Building Bridges
Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls , New York are separated by several bridges, none of which are very long. At two of these bridges you can actually wave on the Canadian side to someone on the American side and they would wave back! As teenagers many of us had
Bridge of Thoughts and Prayers
In my lifetime I have been accused of being a Pollyanna because I believed all people have a redeeming quality a kernel of goodness in which to grow relationships from. In order to build relationships ( bridges) both sides need to see a common goal and work toward a solution.
Symbolic Bridges
On a recent trip to Oregon, in addition to seeing the beautiful western coastline and some snowcapped mountains, we crossed many excellent bridges! I took several photos thinking I might use them as references for my work. When I returned home, however, I discarded each of these literal bridge images
Cross-Cultural Bridge Building
Living in West Asia (often called the Middle East) for the past 24 years, we’ve had the privilege of living among people from more than 100 nations. Daily life requires navigating language barriers, cultural and religious differences, and a vast spectrum of social norms. We encounter situations daily that require
Books Build Bridges
The theme “Building Bridges” brought to mind the image of bridges in George Lakoff and Mark Johnson’s The Metaphors We Live By. A bridge, in their sense, is not only a structure connecting two separate places, but also a way of closing the distance between minds, emotions, and ideas. For
Daring Builders
Bridges—both literal and metaphorical—are an act of connection, collaboration, and progress. I seem to have a long held admiration for the engineering and construction of bridges, as I looked through my photographs, bridges are clearly a repeating subject. Not many man-made structures are as useful and necessary as bridges. Humans
Building Bridges
I have the honour of announcing the second prompt in Round 5, “Create Inspire Connect” I believe the subject I’ve chosen fits well within the “Connect” category. When researching I found in the natural world we have built essential bridges for animals to safely pass over or under our roads and highways.
Imperfect Union
Our country is on a road of uncertainty. Much of the government functions we knew as a running and working, albeit not a perfect system, has been broken up, radically reorganized, critically under-staffed and some have been flat-out eliminated or destroyed. People, citizens alike everyone else within our legal borders