I met this leopard at the Living Desert Zoo in Palm Springs. He’s so focused! How does he keep from being distracted? He was oblivious to me and my camera as he quietly crept forward. Writing and photography require that kind of focus. Can I be like this leopard? Focus. Concentration. Forward movement, even if
I’ve always been a goal-setter. But writing goals and achieving them are two different animals. Often, achieving a goal requires me to go outside my comfort zone – to s-t-r-e-t-c-h. The pursuit of my writing and photography dreams is like that. I’ve had to learn and do things that don’t come naturally. Like many writers,
Meet Buddy. Buddy introduced himself on a warm Spring morning as I sat on my patio. He’s a curious guy and postponed his search for breakfast when he saw me. We had a staring contest (he won) before he posed for a photo and took off to resume his breakfast search. This photo reminds me
