2009-12-25 Friday - Christmas Day - Sedona, Arizona

2009-12-25 Friday - Christmas in the Desert

Christmas Day. A time to reflect. A time to pause and ponder. To remember the years that have rolled by. A time to tally the value and joy I have created (or not), in exchange for the the coin of life I have paid.

10 years ago...my first Christmas in Washington State.

20 years ago...a Christmas in Arkansas, followed by a New Year's Eve celebration in Washington, D.C.

My plans for today: A quiet day today. A trip into the mountains to the North. A relaxing evening reading.

2009 has been a tumultuous year. Many changes.

2010 will hopefully be a better year.

I will take the threads of life, and bind them into a stronger rope.

I am thankful for many things today:
- friends
- my health
- the joy of having meaningful work to do
- an abundance of the necessary things
- my family
- my freedom
- the feeling of being safe and secure
- peace of mind
- tranquility in my soul

2009-12-16 Wednesday

A new city. A new client. New adventures.

Here are a few pics from my recent expedition to Canyon Lake:



...and the Superstition Mountains: