Category: Photo Journal

Inspired by author David Levithan, I tried something new—something intentional with the every day. As a record of the real life I live, I began compiling one picture from each day of the year—a flip book of sorts of 365 (366 the first year) moments in my life.

I did this for two years but stepped away from the project in 2022. Now I’m back at it but with a slightly different agenda:

• Weekly posts
• A picture spotlight each week (not each day)
• Themes

Every other week I will focus (get it?) on a photography technique or theme. Don’t get excited- it’s about to be amateur hour. I just want to force myself to get out there and then get writing. Alternating weeks will be more “day in the life” snapshots like I’d done in the past.

So let’s find that joy in the quotidian– in the cozy cat cuddles, and the sounds and scents of coffee brewing. Let’s capture the quiet moments and relish the slow mornings… And then let’s have a wild rumpus or two. Because sometimes you need one of those.

Life is about both the every day and the exceptional. So let’s make note of it all– the big stuff and the little moments in between. Because only together do they add up to a life.

“This is another thing I’ve learned: There are no ordinary days.”

– David Levithan