Stories Behind the Photos
Learn why I took the photo. Where I took the photo. And sometimes I’ll even share how!
Featured posts:
What if some of what we call weakness is actually biology being pushed too hard by a world designed to keep us consuming? A personal reflection on food noise, life after 50, and learning to think for yourself again.
By midlife, most men have learned how to function — how to endure, provide, and keep going. What often gets lost along the way is depth, presence, and the quiet sense of aliveness that once guided them. This long-form reflection explores why human potential so often goes unrealized — and why life after 50 may be the moment it finally has room to emerge.
Sometimes nothing is broken — and yet something no longer fits. This reflection explores the quiet moment when a life that still works begins asking deeper questions, and why honesty, not urgency, is often what carries us forward.
Quitting alcohol didn’t happen because everything fell apart. It happened because I finally noticed what numbing was costing me. This is a first-person reflection on clarity, discomfort, and what becomes possible when you stop muting the signals that are trying to guide you forward.
There was no breaking point—just a quiet afternoon, a warm mug of chai, and the sudden realization that I hadn’t been unfair to anyone else. I’d been unfair to myself. This is a story about balance, solitude, and the quieter kind of freedom that comes from finally being fair as life shifts after 50.
When Eli agrees to help a neighbour for “just a few days,” he’s slowly pulled into a quiet storm of subtle manipulation—requests that aren’t really requests, shifting moods, guilt, pressure, and the slow erosion of his peace. As the tension builds, Eli must learn to trust the one voice he’s ignored for too long: his own. This reflective northern-parable explores boundaries, intuition, and the moment a man finally chooses himself again.
At midlife, success stops being about appearances and starts being about peace. Discover the quiet freedom that comes when you let go of pretending and start living authentically.
After 50, life becomes less about productivity and more about identity. In this article, I explore why a “To-Be List” matters more than any to-do list, especially for men living solo, rural, and intentionally. Discover how choosing who you want to become can reshape your life, your purpose, and your peace.
A short journal entry about the difficulty of taking a very nice flower photo.