Catching Days
is a blog about writing, reading, and life--how they meld, clash, and astonish. It's a net for catching days.How this site works:
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Category Archives: photo stories
I give, from 10-29-09
Posted in accumulation, catching moments, Columbus GA, fall, family, leaves, life, obsession, photo stories
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VCFA visuals #5: a river really does run through it
I have this thing for the ocean. But in a pinch, a pond, a creek, a river will do. The Winooski River flows through Montpelier, Vermont. From the balcony of the old Victorian, we could actually see the river. And … Continue reading →
VCFA visuals #4: july 4th
Posted in journeys, mfa, photo stories, the day
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Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream
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VCFA visuals #3: remembering the stones
Posted in catching moments, journeys, memory, mfa, photo stories
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Tagged Negotiating With the Dead
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VCFA visuals #2: the old victorian
where I started each of the eleven days… and where I returned each of the eleven nights…
Posted in details, form, journeys, mfa, perspective, photo stories, place, shapes
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Tagged Remembering the Bone House
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it’s late
and I should turn off the light, but I wanted to share these photos from today:
Posted in obsession, perspective, photo stories, the day
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Tagged Words Overflown by Stars
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catching moments: sunsets santa rosa beach
Posted in catching moments, obsession, photo stories, place, the day
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Tagged Turning Life Into Fiction
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childhood
As part of a series at Douglas Glover’s Numéro Cinq, my childhood…
Posted in catching moments, continuous life, ecole champlain, essays, family, journeys, life, memory, mfa, my writing, perspective, photo stories, place, time, truth
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Tagged Numero Cinq
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shovelful
Posted in accumulation, mfa, photo stories, recurring images, shapes, the day
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Tagged Winter Morning Walks
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“It’s hard to tell somebody what you mean to say. And that’s an idea that I’m obsessed with. It’s why I write. It’s why everybody writes.”
--Jonathan Safran Foer
