Me and My Shadow

We come in peace.

Beautiful Loneliness

I made it out to the East Fork reservoir to see if could get any fish.  The temperature was below freezing with the lake water having about an inch of ice cover the lake.  Yes, I am crazy.  Craziness aside,  I took this photo which seemed to capture the beauty that surrounded me.  There was no one else around and it was quiet except for the occasional bird call.  My wife was at home sleeping and I really wished she was there with me to enjoy this scene together.  I threw rocks of various sizes onto the frozen lake and each rock landed with a thud that did not break the surface of the ice but caused a sound to reverberate across the ice with no response from anyone or anything.  It was a cold feeling and I am not talking about the temperature.  Even with the sun out and the clean white snow, it was lonely.  I wonder if this is what Adam felt like before God made Eve.  I imagine the Garden of Eden to be as beautiful and maybe more so than this photo and Adam could probably feel God's presence yet at the same time he felt lonely without anyone else around.  There are so many things to do and enjoy on this blue planet yet without someone to share it with, it is, as someone lamented, all meaningless...

Setting Up Camp

This is the first of possibly a few thoughts to make it out of my head before the thoughts escape like the morning fog.  My initial purpose is to have a place to reflect (thus reflections) on the events that occur in my or others' life and the subsequent effects.  I realize that I could use Facebook or other vehicles like Twitter, however, both seem too commercial or lack a certain substance that reduces the ability to see the world as I perceive through my eyes.  I do not promise anything exciting but like you, I experience things in my life makes me take pause and I try the best I can with what I got.  Like a single transmission sent out into the inky void of space mixed with other transmissions and static, this is my spot on the information network.  Welcome.