Lake Michigan, Michigan
December 25, 2022
Weather Conditions:
Wind gusts = 21mph
Temp with windchill = 6F
Lake effect snow...
Highway road conditions:
Snow and ice, with low visibility
Many cars were moving with the emergency lights on...
Monday, December 26, 2022
282 Feet Below Sea Level
This is where I have once again learned how small and insignificant I am…
Death Valley
December 10, 2022
Why???
So why did I come to Death Valley 9 times over the past 10 years?
One of the reasons is - this is probably the only National Park where you can see so many different types of landscape in one place. The variety of the land formation here fascinates me!!
Death Valley
December 8-12, 2022
Friday, December 23, 2022
Sunrise Spectacular
This was the 9th time I came to Death Valley over the past 10 years. I know, it’s crazy, but I love it here. Each time, I was deeply touched by this spacious and timeless world…
Came
here with 3 other photographers this time. After the scheduled group
activities, I decided to stay for one more day to once again experience
the tremendous calmness and serenity in this vast piece of land.
The
sunrise photos I captured here involved hiking in the dark, by myself,
at 282 ft below sea level, through this treacherous area of salt and mud
(shown in the last picture) for about 30 minutes... It reminded me of
those two times when I got lost in this massive area of salt-flat at
night.
Was it scary?
Absolutely. The 30 LONG minutes were buried by the darkness and dead
silence all around me, except for the sound of my boots hitting the
salt-flat... But at least I knew I'd walk out of this place under the
bright sunlight this time!!
The
prize? I got to see one of the most spectacular sunrises in Death
Valley. Beauty is everywhere, even at 282 ft below sea level.
Death Valley, CA
December 12, 2022
Sunday, December 4, 2022
A Music CD
Have you ever had a similar experience like this? Something profound happens, you just don't have time to quietly, deeply and completely absorb it. By the time you get to it, the whole thing has become much less profound...
I
found a music CD last Monday, 11/28/2022. It was a gift my Mom gave to
me in March 2008. I remember it was her last visit to the US. Before she
went back to China, she insisted to buy a birthday gift for me... I
mean, really, INSISTED. Since I couldn't convince her to drop the idea, I
picked a music CD I really loved. Right after I got it, I immediately made a copy in fear of losing the original copy, and wrote on
the disc: "From Mom."
I
remember after my Mom went back to China, I kept on listening to the CD
for almost a year -- it touched my heart each time. Then, for some odd
reasons, it was neglected for almost 13 years... Since I have let
go of all our CD players over the years (as part of my LETTING GO
initiative), when I saw the CD labeled as "From Mom," I immediately went
to my car to listen to it. Wow, it brought back so many memories. The
music sounded so sweet and familiar, so calm and yet so full of life --
with birds singing and streams running...
Sadly,
I couldn't find the original copy of the CD. Believe me, I looked
through everything not once, not twice, but 3 times, still couldn't find
it (likely had been LET GO)...
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