Spring Break

Lady Leiden

My favorite lens (of the two digital lenses I own), is fixed! It's been broken for so long and finally my

friend was able to fix it. I've been carrying it around ever since. It's wonderful to be photographing

again. Going out, walking around, seeing something out of the ordinary to photograph is a feeling

that I've long missed! Often when I come home to edit my photos, I haven't really realized what

exactly I've captured until I've sat down and had a clear look at them. This brings me to believe that 

when I'm taking photos, I'm not thinking. Or at least not analyzing everything like I normally am. 

It's nice not to constantly be thinking about something, or several different things. I was encouraged by

one of my best friends to post on this blog again and so in honor of him, I present the first post of 

2014. 

(also this song is awesome: Disclosure - You & Me)

Webster Orientation / Copacabana

Very happy to have met a lot of lovely people during the Webster orientation two weeks ago! 

Last on the orientation program was dinner in Scheveningen. We ate delicious food, played some 

volleyball, and sat on the beach talking with an occasional song or two in between. I'm so fortunate 

to be with such a friendly group of people! 

Noordwijk Beach

Maybe it is the memories

the change of pace that brings us there

the sense of vacation

maybe the smell of the place

the sights of the gulls, the dunes, the grasses

but oh it is the feel of it, 

the crunch and slide of it

the feeling of beach sand

so different from dirt, soil, loam

no, not earthy, moist, rich, 

but oh so granular and gritty

even when wet,

moveable paper spreading under toes

sliding beneath the soles

smoothing my skin

clearing my mind

unburdening me of the rest

drawing me to the tactile, the feel

of beach sand

Raymond A. Foss