Years ago I heard the advice, "Don't take pictures while on vacation, just focus on the experience." This turned out to be terrible guidance for me. In my late 30s I started taking more pictures. This activity helps to cement memories that would otherwise be lost whether on vacation or just going somewhere on the weekend. In this blog I share the memories and stories inspired by my pictures.
The AI won't talk to me anymore
I keep asking it to observe this world
Better than I can
But it won't respond
It sits there silent
So I look out the window
And count the raindrops
Collecting in a pool atop the cover
Of our Weber grill
Before pouring a glass of white wine
And sitting in front of the fireplace
Ingesting particulates
Aligning my attention towards Colson Whitehead
With hopes of small epiphanies
I played at the same underwater piano bar for years
Until slowly they replaced me
Guised as a partnership
We provided the background for lost conversations
Until I gave up
And drifted away with the current
We sat in the parking lot
Waiting for my daughter's lesson to end
Almost horizontal in my Hyundai
The Wheaton Terrier unsettled in the back seat
I watched a movie on my phone
That wasn't as good as I'd hoped
Based on a book
That wasn't as good as I'd hoped
