When I embarked on this project I don't think I was thinking that creating a book would be easy. But I don't think I knew how big this project would end up being either.

The journey continues.

For the last year I have been working on a personal project that may have been waiting in the wings, ready to be made for decades.

I’ve collected a series of images that I have created over the course of several years that tell a little story about loss.

I realized yesterday that I am constantly just this far away (I'm holding up two fingers to show a small amount) from ripping the head off of anything that irritates me. Just this morning I have already cursed out a bar of soap and a box of tissues. Nothing good came of that.

I feel like I have been hibernating for a year. It's getting a little tired. More than a little. I have been trying to keep physically, mentally, and artistically active, but as we all know, it's tough. Last Spring I started an in-person workshop at the Griffin Museum of Photography called the Atelier. The world changed after that first meeting.

The endless, end-of-year lists, all structured to be click-bait, are in full swing. I've been doing such a blog post for 4 of the last 5 years. I'm not sure why I missed 2016, but here is my contribution for this past year, 2018.