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A relearning how to dream after cancer blog

by Judy Schwartz Haley

Those were the words I wrote without thinking: “a relearning how to dream after cancer blog.” I was shocked when I looked back and saw that I described my blog in this manner. Since writing the post, I’ve gone back and stared at those words countless times. To be honest, the words make me a [...]

Monday morning, from 10 to 11

by Judy Schwartz Haley

The magic happens every day, but I don’t always take the time to stop and notice.

In just an hour of paying attention:

The air is the perfect temperature – not so warm or cold as to demand attention.

Watching an artist become

The little one exploring – getting familiar with [...]

Photography as a meditation

by Judy Schwartz Haley

I stalk the light, and the world fades away. There is only this moment, this camera, this flower, this light.

Which camera? Irrelevant: an old beater, camera phone, DSLR… it doesn’t matter.

The flower – deconstructed petal, stamen, line, curve, color.

I capture the light, not the flower The way the light moves and flexes, [...]

Grasping at Bubbles

by Judy Schwartz Haley

Writing has been difficult lately. I feel like I’m chasing soap bubbles, and the moment I grasp a nugget, a train of thought, an approach, an angle, it disappears into nothingness before I can pin it to paper.

It’s so very much like my daughter chasing these bubbles around the park – yet so [...]