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Pikes Peak 2 , a photo by Jay Groce on Flickr. I am aware that landscape photography can be powerful, and that I live in a place where I can get some amazing views captured. I am also aware that, to date, I have not… Read Full Story

I suppose it’s natural to assume that your children will grow up to reflect you as a parent. I don’t think the reverse is true. I don’t think kids grow up believing that everything they will be or become is determined by their parents.  Once we flip that switch from being kids to being people, it’s not uncommon for us to blame our parents for all of our negative traits and pat ourselves on the back for overcoming bad parenting to become good people — unless, of course, we are not good people... Read Full Story

Rainy Day 1 , a photo by Jay Groce on Flickr. The last six months of my life was a series of starts and stops and blank pages and new ideas that that never made it past the guards with big hats of my brain. The beginning, I thought, was the hardest part. I know now that the beginning is only so difficult because there is never any middle, or any end. When you have nowhere to go, it is stupid to get in your car and pull out of the driveway. Immediately the decision to turn right or left is... Read Full Story

Angel in Vase , a photo by Jay Groce on Flickr. I don’t want to be dead. Not today, tomorrow, or at any time in the near to distant future. But death does not negotiate, as a rule, and will come when it comes. Perhaps the time and place where death will come to me is known somewhere in the universe, but since it cannot be known to me, the information is of little value. It will come when it comes. What I know of death, gathered by speaking with those that have experienced it, is that the... Read Full Story

End of Trail Bandit Trail , a photo by Jay Groce on Flickr. Coming Soon Read Full Story

Bubble Kid , a photo by Jay Groce on Flickr. Coming Soon Read Full Story

Navy Pier , a photo by Jay Groce on Flickr. I have been to Chicago three times, and while there I am unapologetically a tourist. The city is so foreign to me that, were it not for the English, I’d feel like I’d traveled to another country. It is a good feeling – a positive feeling – knowing that when I wake up in Chicago with nothing to do, there is more than I could do in a week just outside my hotel. On this trip, in March of 2010, we road the train to Chicago from St. Louis, where we’d... Read Full Story

Standing Out , a photo by Jay Groce on Flickr. I think the theme here is pretty obvious. When we hang out with people that are just like us, the world sees us as all the same. When we are the only Ross’s goose among hundreds of Canadian geese, we just stand out. But, I sort of feel guilty about taking his picture, because he is different, and we are not supposed to draw attention to differences. Except, that usually only applies when the differences are perceived as a deterrent to leading... Read Full Story

My Friend Grizzly , a photo by Jay Groce on Flickr. Coming Soon Read Full Story

Happy Birthday Balloon , a photo by Jay Groce on Flickr. Coming Soon Read Full Story