Yesterday, I wrote a post that it never occurred to me to become a photographer, although I felt that nature photographers have the BEST job in the world. I find nature photography: exciting and meditative and rejuvenating and healthy and joyful…. and yet I never pursued it as a career. Today, I wonder why anyone would pursue a career unless it was exciting and meditative and rejuvenating and healthy and joyful…?

As I look back at the  past half-century I found some clues what took me so long:

Family Storytime

Family storytime involves important sentences like this:

“Hon, how was your day?”

I’m talking important at a level higher than that you took the time to acknowledge your spouse. Your kids are listening to the answer to this question.

Are they hearing statements like:

The boss is a jerk.

I can’t wait for the weekend.

Only 3,663 days to retirement.

I…