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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

The Gift of Friendship

Relationships deeply saturated with small graces . . . kindness, gentleness, wonder, peace, generosity, joy, tenderness.

3d ago

Two little girls enjoy a moment of friendship in a hammock.

3d ago

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

Swimming the Hudson River

Overcoming sharks, oil tankers, eels, tides, yachts, and old age.

Mar 14

The author swimming in the middle of the river.

Mar 14

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Weeds & Wildflowers

The Language of Gardening

A tribute to my wife, who speaks it fluently

Mar 12

A farm, red barns, white fences.

Mar 12

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Human Parts

Writing With Fire

Nature pyrography, and a time-lapse video of the artwork in progress

Mar 6

Timelapse video clip of woodburning a hawk onto a board.

Mar 6

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Human Parts

Nothin’ But Blue Skies

It’s gonna be a bright, bright sun-shiny day

Feb 10

A wide shaft of sunlight reaching from the mountaintop to the clouds.

Feb 10

Published in
The New Outdoors

The Wonder of Spring Flowers

A photo essay

Mar 20

Purple crocuses blooming.

Mar 20

Published in
Never Stop Writing

The Great Spring Migration

Wave after wave of inspired Canada geese launch northward

Mar 7

Canada geese erupting off a pond.

Mar 7

Published in
SNAPSHOTS

Shank’s Pony and Rusted Machinery

A morning jog betwixt woebegone ancient relics

Mar 3

Ancient rusted firetruck.

Mar 3

Published in
Beyond the Scoreboard

Golfing With Dad

A final day on the course before lung cancer shut down his game forever

Mar 1

A lone golfer, poised in the sunset.

Mar 1

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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

A Peculiar Rock, Poised On the Brink

Six Word Photo Story: Freestyle

Feb 28

A large odd-shaped rock, perched on the very edge of a cliff.

Feb 28

Published in
Gardening, Birding, and Outdoor Adventure

The Crack and Brittle of Ice-Glazed Snow

A wonderful late-winter snowfall, but a hazardous walk for the dog

Feb 27

The Crack and Brittle of Ice-Glazed Snow

Feb 27

Published in
Soulfight

Make America Kind Again

Scorched earth is not a plan . . . it’s an unmitigated disaster

Feb 18

Circle of people reaching hands into the center.

Feb 18

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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

Ten Rattles, Nowhere To Hide

A Six Word Photo Story: Freestyle

Feb 18

Rattlesnake coiled to strike.

Feb 18

Published in
The New Outdoors

Love Your (Actual) Neighbor

Even if none of them are presidents or emperors, bishops or millionaires, or Division I football coaches with oversized egos

Feb 14

Love Your (Actual) Neighbor

Feb 14

Published in
Write A Catalyst

Hello, My Online Friends Out There

Reader feedback . . . the most meaningful reward for writers

Feb 13

A computer screen showing a Zoom call with many faces.

Feb 13

Published in
Beyond the Scoreboard

Issues to Consider Before the Big Game

Should we take our morals along to the game, or should we leave them at home?

Feb 6

A Nebraska Cornhusker player runs into the end zone.

Feb 6

Published in
The Daily Cuppa

The Center Field Jumbotron

Watching a baseball game with homeless men

Feb 5

Baseball game in a packed stadium.

Feb 5

Published in
The Honest Perspective

Worshipping God Is So Simple

What if we wore the Thursday prayer shawl on Saturday, or if we had the thing on backwards?

Jan 29

A man with uplifted arms toward the setting sun.

Jan 29

Published in
The New Outdoors

Worshipping In Nature

A congregational hike instead of a sermon?

Jan 29

Beautiful view looking out over a lush green valley.

Jan 29

Published in
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

Mental Health, Covid, and Guns

Covid-19 taught us the importance of seeing one another’s faces.

Jan 28

The words “Mental Health” spelled out in tiles, with a green leaf.

Jan 28

Kirk Wareham

Kirk Wareham

I am a father of six, a grandfather of eight, and a lover of nature. My passion for reading led me to a love of writing.

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