Paul Cotter
France #2: D-Day Beaches
My wife and I stood on the shore at Omaha Beach, the site of the most brutal fighting during the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day. As...
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Paul Cotter
Oct 22 min
France #1: Epic Sights
Bonjour, my friends. We’re back from our trip to the Normandy and Brittany regions of France. I’m happy to report that despite the...
Paul Cotter
Jul 21 min
The Wonder of Eyes
There’s a reason why today's better cameras give us precision autofocus tracking, not just on the face in general, but smack dab on the...
Paul Cotter
Jun 111 min
Gratitude
Everything in this picture is a cause for profound thankfulness. The vintage leather cover on the notebook came from an antique shop in...
Paul Cotter
May 202 min
Climbing the Mountain
It was early morning, before sunrise. When I walked downstairs, I looked through the glass doors of our den and saw my brother Steve. He...
Paul Cotter
Apr 302 min
The Seductive Call of Likes
You may have noticed that I don’t have the “Likes” feature activated on my blog – which means you can’t give my posts a thumbs-up to show...
Paul Cotter
Apr 242 min
The Swing Story
If it’s true that your life flashes before your eyes in your final moments, then I’m sure this vivid memory will be included in my...
Paul Cotter
Apr 92 min
Tick Tock Tick
Suppose you had one year to live. What would you do with that time? What places would you want to visit? What would you want to say to...
Paul Cotter
Mar 112 min
The Power of Laughter
This old photo from 1979 has special meaning for me. It’s not significant because it has any great technical or artistic merit; I took it...
Paul Cotter
Feb 281 min
Shaping the Moment
The phrase "Be Here Now" is like spiritual kudzu, sprouting up everywhere. This expression, which was the title of the 1971 book by Ram...
Paul Cotter
Jan 311 min
The Call of the Shell
Have you ever found yourself pulled like a magnet to certain things in life? Maybe it’s a career path that beckoned, or a destination you...
Paul Cotter
Jan 241 min
A Closer Look
What do you see in this picture? A heart? A face? Can you tell what this object is? Is it large like a tree trunk? Is it small like a...
Paul Cotter
Jan 102 min
Follow Your Heart
My sister Pat has loved horses for as long as I can remember. When we were kids, she would set up a classroom in our basement and she’d...
Paul Cotter
Dec 13, 20231 min
The Hands of Time
In 1994, when our daughter Jade was three years old, she made this Christmas decoration for us in preschool. She dipped her little hand...
Paul Cotter
Oct 14, 20231 min
The Beacon
We all have a beacon that we follow — something that guides us on our life journey and helps us reach our chosen destination, just as...
Paul Cotter
Oct 6, 20231 min
Disappointment into Delight (Part Two)
Quick flashback: in my previous post, I wrote about not being able to get the sunrise photo I’d planned and shooting a Zen-like boats...
Paul Cotter
Oct 2, 20231 min
Disappointment into Delight (Part One)
We’ve all had times when things didn’t go our way. You know what I’m talking about: those times when our expectations were as high as the...
Paul Cotter
Jul 10, 20231 min
Love
I’ve been thinking a lot about the meaning of love. Countless stories and poems have been written about it throughout the ages. But what...
Paul Cotter
Jun 19, 20231 min
The Joy of Surprise
On a family vacation in Spain many years ago, we visited the Royal Alcázars of Seville, a palace dating back to the 10th Century. After...
Paul Cotter
Apr 29, 20231 min
Simplicity
The older I get, the more I appreciate the beauty of simplicity. And I've found, as I'm sure you have, that simplicity is not as simple...
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