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Lake Woodlands Sunrise (1990) Image by kenne
Morning
Why do we bother with the rest of the day,
the swale of the afternoon,
the sudden dip into evening,
then night with his notorious perfumes,
many-pointed stars?
This is the best—
throwing off the light covers,
feet on the cold floor,
and buzzing around the house on expresso—
maybe a slash of water on the face.
— from Morning by Billy Collins
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Lake Woodlands Sunset (October 1, 2009) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
When I lived in the forest
it was not always easy to see
the sunset for the trees.
After a short trail walk
I would spend some time
at the lake and nearby dam
before crossing the bridge
to set under a gazebo
watching motorless boats
moving silently across the lake.
— kenne
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Lake Woodlands Sunrise (May 25,2010) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Meditation means keeping one mind.
You must understand – what is life?
What is death? If you keep one mind,
there is no life, no death.
Then if you die tomorrow, no problem;
if you die in five minutes, no problem.
— Seung Sahn
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Lake Woodlands Sea Serpent (1996) — Image by kenne
Right Place At The Right Time
Dressed for work, I open
the front door to a sun
masked in a morning fog.
Immediately, an image came
to mind of the Lake Woodlands
sea serpent five miles to the east.
Quickly, I grab a camera and
a tripod knowing the image
I was seeking could be gone
by the time I got to the lake.
My camera, loaded with
a roll of twenty-four exposures
I carefully mount it onto the
tripod near the lakeshore.
Camera settings for shooting
in fog can be challenging,
so I decided to take eight shots,
bracketing each allowing for three
exposures for each shot I would take.
Days later, after the film was developed,
I get the result I wanted — eight great
photographs three of which remain mounted
in a grouping on our living room wall.
I still have the original negatives for being
in the right place at the right time.
— kenne
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Dragonboat Races (Lake Woodlands, September 24, 2004) — Images by kenne
Montgomery College Dragonboat Team (The Woodlands, TX)
I fly far without wings
or illusions.
I immerse my body in sunlight, wholly,
motionless, like a stone shaped
in ancient time.
My soul rests in my brain—
I see it drag in the shadow like the long tail
of the thieving magpie that visits me, magically calm.
—from ‘An Image’ by Chen Jun 陈均 (1974-)
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Spillway — Image by kenne
Lake Woodlands Spillway (2009) — Image by kenne
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Water Over The Dam (Lake Woodlands Dam) — Image by kenne
he stands by the shore
watching water
flow over the dam
from the little creek
now a lake
soon to be
a creek again —
a journey to ponder
. . . is it just water over the dam?
— kenne
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“Generations” — Image by kenne
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One foggy morning, Fall 1999 in The Woodlands, Texas — Image by kenne
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own . . .
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
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Becoming is Superior to Being 