Golden Light

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath, July 5, 2025 “Golden light” is how Shelley describes the sun’s color just before sunset. This past Sabbath evening we were walking a trail near our neighborhood, and our eyes were caught by this glow, reflected...

Letting Go

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Russell Jurgensen Thursday and Friday, July 3 and 4, 2025 We had a chance to try out some paddle boards and got out on a lake last week. I can see why people like the water. The birds sing, the breeze blows, and the clouds drift along. It...

Like A Painting

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Darren Milam Wednesday, July 2, 2025 A few days ago, I was watering our garden when I glanced up at the sky and saw this scene. It looks like it’s straight out of a Bob Ross-style impressionist painting — beautiful blue skies...

Pink Lady Slipper

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Robert Howson Tuesday, July 1, 2025 I’d never seen one before, but I knew instantly what it was. We had just rounded a bend on the boardwalk in Northern Minnesota when the first one came into view. The Pink Lady Slipper Cypripedium acaule...

Point of View

Photo ©2016 and Commentary ©2025 by Chuck Davis Monday, June 30, 2025 I captured this photograph of Glacier Peak from the Granite Mountain Lookout. The straight-line distance is approximately fifty-one miles. In the foreground, Bryant Peak is on the right and the...

Proper Punctuation

Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Shelley Schurch Sunday, June 29, 2025 Remember the early months of the global pandemic, when we were closed off from so much that we enjoyed, including churches, libraries, stores, each other’s homes? We tried to make the best of it, both...