Dear Subscriber:
It was a quiet morning on the north end of Stockton Island. The Little Dipper was anchored on a small plot of beach just around the corner out of sight and the first warm rays of the sun glowed on one of the sea stacks. John Noltner of “A Peace of My Mind” and I had a long, winding conversation as we motored out to this spot on flat calm water — talking about beauty, and life, and challenge, and photography. But now we were working silently, each composing his own shot.
I had scrunched myself back into a small sea cave to get a wide enough angle to take in the whole scene. It was almost completely silent but for the chatter of gulls in the distance. Just as I pressed the shutter, I heard a couple of splashing steps and then …
CLICK!
John, who didn’t see me back in the little cave, walked directly in front of the camera. Ah, the trials and tribulations of two photographers in tight spaces.
I am gratified by the response to this week’s essay “A Peace of His Mind.” It is heartening to know that so many people out there respond to John’s work, his message, to thoughts of striving for peace in the world and within ourselves. It is easy in troubled times to think the world has too few people in it that are working for good. I don’t think that is the case. I just think sometimes it takes someone like John and his project to remind us. We are all in this together (even if he did ruin my photograph).
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See you next week with a new essay on the Little Dipper.
— Jeff