... has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs ever since middle school chorus class. And ever since I've moved to the west coast and have had little availablity to make it home this song has an even deeper meaning for me.
I flew from Portland to Charleston for the second year in a row to spend the Christmas holiday with my Mom and Dad. The trip went smoothly with the flights being on time; a perk of flying through Houston rather than Chicago, or some other winter wonderland airport. Observation of the day: airports = amazing people watching.
Christmas in South Carolina is a little different than the ones we used to have in Ohio. We are basically redefining what Christmas is for our family. We used to spend the day at home making breakfast, opening presents, watching movies, playing games, eating dinner, and snacking on cookies, pretzels and other goodies. This is only the second year that I've been back to spend Christmas with them, so we are still figuring out our new family traditions; although they are sans my brother, it's a work in progress.
Last year, I decided to hide the presents I brought for them till after they went to bed on Christmas eve, a little reverse Santa action. I mean isn't it time the tables got turned on the parents who spent so many years surprising us kids with presents that magically appeared under the tree by christmas morning by "Santa Clause" who devoured the cookies, and emptied glasses of milk? Well, I at least get a kick out of it even if there were no cookies.
In case I don't post an entry before, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to each and everyone.
All the best,
Greg
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
From My Portfolio:
"Sunset at Strawberry Hill, Oregon Coast"
When I was in graduate school at the University of Oregon I used to escape to the coast when I needed to leave work, school, and everything else behind. I would spend the entire day driving up and down the coast. Back in those days my cell phone only sporadically got reception, so I was practically unreachable; just a man and his thoughts. One day I came across the Strawberry Hill wayside. This wayside just north of the Heceta Lighthouse became my go to spot when I needed to think. I contemplated a lot of things sitting there overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the group of seals that decided to nestle themselves up on the rock formations barely offshore. On this day I decided to stay till the sun went down and got this shot. It is still one of my favorites and eventually turned into a wedding present for Heather and Zeb; as well as, a Christmas present for my Mom and Dad.
As always comments are more than welcomed!
Take care,
Greg
Testing 1,2...
... is this thing still on? Haha! Oops! I kind of left you all in the dark for quite awhile. Well, I've decided that I need to get back into "blogging it out" as Heather would say. I'll try to fill in the details of my mundane life of the past six months at another time. Seriously, not a lot happened, though there are a few funny work moments that will be entertaining to share.
As for this blog entry? I'm going to channel an old installment called " Before I die..." This was a blog idea inspired by "The Bucket List"; a movie I still have yet to see, but that's just a minor detail. With this entry I am going to give you an idea of what you can look forward to reading about in the coming year. As a lot of you know I am a moderately to severely private person, so these blog posts will give you a peek into who I am. I hope that you find it interesting. And if you don't? Well I'm not forcing you to read, so go surf over to TMZ or Perezhilton.
So here's the list:
Places I want to visit (Before I die...) in no particular order:
Australia, Spain, Alaska, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, Argentina, Hawaii, Portugal, Egypt, Redwood National Forest, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Peru, South Africa, Mexico, China, Nepal, Tibet, Turkey, and New Zealand.
I jotted this list down almost two months ago and as I was transcribing it I noticed that I wrote down Alaska twice. Apparently I either really really want to go to Alaska or I had a blackout in the middle of writing. This is by no means an exhaustive list. I mean there are some pretty awesome things to go see and places to visit. In other words the list is a work in progress.
The goal is to write about one of the places on this list and what I want to see and do while I'm there once a week.
I plan to add some other things to the blog as well. I've found myself in a very reflective mood over the past few weeks and I think it's a good idea to type it out.
Hope you are all doing well and that you find the direction of my blog engaging, entertaining, and informative.
Sincerely,
Greg
As for this blog entry? I'm going to channel an old installment called " Before I die..." This was a blog idea inspired by "The Bucket List"; a movie I still have yet to see, but that's just a minor detail. With this entry I am going to give you an idea of what you can look forward to reading about in the coming year. As a lot of you know I am a moderately to severely private person, so these blog posts will give you a peek into who I am. I hope that you find it interesting. And if you don't? Well I'm not forcing you to read, so go surf over to TMZ or Perezhilton.
So here's the list:
Places I want to visit (Before I die...) in no particular order:
Australia, Spain, Alaska, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, Argentina, Hawaii, Portugal, Egypt, Redwood National Forest, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Peru, South Africa, Mexico, China, Nepal, Tibet, Turkey, and New Zealand.
I jotted this list down almost two months ago and as I was transcribing it I noticed that I wrote down Alaska twice. Apparently I either really really want to go to Alaska or I had a blackout in the middle of writing. This is by no means an exhaustive list. I mean there are some pretty awesome things to go see and places to visit. In other words the list is a work in progress.
The goal is to write about one of the places on this list and what I want to see and do while I'm there once a week.
I plan to add some other things to the blog as well. I've found myself in a very reflective mood over the past few weeks and I think it's a good idea to type it out.
Hope you are all doing well and that you find the direction of my blog engaging, entertaining, and informative.
Sincerely,
Greg
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