Reflecting

Across the street is Marlview Lanes
Originally uploaded by Rick Rock Radio

I encounter things to write about all the time. When I spent a lot of time in my younger days photographing events, I started to see life through a camera lens, most likely a Pentax K–1000. As I've turned to writing more often, I often see life on the pad of a Moleskine, which is a brand of notebook manufactured by the Moleskine Company to be similar to those used by writers like Hemingway.

I write in my notebook often. I also have a Moleskine calendar that I write in faithfully. I started out about 12 years ago using a Franklin Covey daily planner. I attended a training called What Matters Most and learned how to get the most out of my planner. I began dabbling with a Palm Pilot about six years ago and — despite being a near Digital Native — decided that that was not the way to go.

I started to keep a printed calendar which I created and updated in Adobe InDesign CS2/3. Then, low and behold, I bought the Moleskin weekly calendar, which I enjoy and use. I also keep a multitude of information on several Google Calendars. If you haven't adopted Google Calendar yet, your boat has sailed and you missed it.

I enjoy keeping up with this blog. I try to write every day, but some days it just doesn't happen, for whatever reason. The picture above, of Lake Marl in Montcalm County, is a shot I have contemplated for about 10 years. I just never took the time to stop and take the picture.

Then, I bought my new Nikon D60 during the summer and tried to find the opportunity to photograph the lake. When I finally remembered, the lake was choppy. Several times. Then I started to believe the rumors, you know, about how a train is buried at the bottom of the lake ... even though that's not possible because the lake is bottomless.

Anyway, I'll keep writing (in several places) and you keep reading. I'll try to find the time to take some pictures like the Lake Marl shot above and several more on my flickr (just click the picture). Feel free to comment on the pictures or on the blog. I like to hear what you're thinking. You sure get to hear my thoughts ...