And now I am heading off to bed after a day of hair dying, good conversation, $9.99 all you can eat crab legs, being surrounded by pups, barber time, and setting up a free Photo Booth at the Cannonball Pow Wow. I love the flow of helping kids discover the magic of photography. From 3 - late teen year olds it's about paying attention to their interest, physical ability and communication in the span of an instant to unlock creativity and team work. I was a human panning tripod for one learner, a zooming and focusing machine for another. 

I am grateful to be alive and to live day by day. Humans are curious, talented, resilient and have the capacity for great feats of focus and beauty. 

The feeling and physical presence of community surrounding me tonight was beautiful. That small town shared history creates something that have yet to find in the anonymous boundaries of city life. 

On my way home- 1. I spent 10 minutes cleaning after I bumped my bowl of gifted, coworker made waojape, spilling some  all over my gear shifting stick in the car.  2. A few minutes later half way down route 24 I pulled over into a dirt shoulder to take in the awe of the rare minimal cloud cover revealing a blanket of nuclear power houses of creativity and the subjective nature of time. I stopped and poetry spilled out of me like a fountain. I didn't bother to grab my phone to record it. I sung my gratitude to the beauty of now. 

PHOTO BOOTH SPINNING