One day as I watched the crows at their morning antics it struck me. Those were birds! They had feathers, and flew through the air, and squawked! That was what a bird did! Quickly I ran inside and grabbed my trusty camera.
Tag: Coping Strategies
The Recovery Series – Undiscovered Country
However there is a distinct lack of birds during the dark hours of the day so my camera and I have been foiled again!
Or have we?…..
The Recovery Series – A Lesson Learned (Pt3)
the last phases of our walk through a local park with Vancouver-based artist, camerawoman extraordinaire and author of Sights from the Suburbs, Mikah Sharkey.
The Recovery Series – A Lesson Learned (Pt 2)
Mikah became fascinated with the stones that made up a nearby overpass. The above capture is I think, quite signature of her style and a truly amazing interplay between many elements all balanced perfectly for one moment
The Recovery Series -A Lesson Learned (Pt 1)
…the condition that had taken my hearing was far more advanced than we had thought. Me being me I continued along alright and immediately wanted to de-stress by doing what?
You guessed it. Birdwatching!
A Date With The Devil
“Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t” This quote rings more true with me now than ever. In just over a week the devil I have known for the last 8 years (a condition called attic colosteatoma) will be literally excised from my head by my egotistical, precocious, hyper-confident (hopefully rightfully so…
Yes We Can!
Often in my daily life I encounter moments of “Uh oh, maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. Maybe I’ll do it this other way.” Or the all too common “Maybe I’ll come back later with an interpreter” These times often feel like failures in the moment and it can take some fighting with myself…
For The Birds
So the prevailing question on many minds is most likely “What the HELL do birds and hearing loss have to do with eachother?” Well, to answer that we’ll have to go back into the annals of history to a time when a small child watched his single mother struggle with not only a severe mental…
I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
One of the things that has definitely surprised me over the last months is how amazing some of my friends have been around the whole “suddenly I can’t communicate with you in the same way as before” thing. Granted some have seemingly dropped off the face of the planet, but some have really stepped up,…
Not What I Was Expecting To Find
Often on my walks I will see an interesting bird perched somewhere my camera is not pointing. So I make a desperate try to get the camera round in time without scaring off the bird only to discover I’ve taken yet another shot of empty bloody air – or if I was especially spry –…
Self Help Starts With A Zoom Lens
I never really thought about the ease with which I moved through the world before I fully lost my hearing but now it’s a topic that is often on my mind. Whether its accidentally freaking out some poor barrista by staring intently at their lips, or only ordering a few familiar things at restaurants because…
The Journey Begins
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” Lao Tzu Sometimes I wonder about this journey I’m on. In the beginning I asked all the usual questions such as “Why me?” and “Where did I go wrong?” I was unable or unwilling to admit that losing my hearing was not the end…
The Celebration Of Silence 