2023.
Goals for 2023
Below are the goals I set at the beginning of 2023. To maintain growth in this craft, I like to set goals, especially in a list format. Here is the non-hierarchical outline.
Begin the compilation for a new book from Whitehorse
Find a subject in southern Alberta for a new book
Catch up on editing backlogged images
Host a photography workshop in Crowsnest Pass
I did not accomplish this, but I did gather information for the future.
Update portfolios and include a new category
Let me know what you think! CNP & North From Home
Slow down my process and make fewer photos
Continue sharing new work
Produce another calendar
Reading List
In Progress
Port William Novels & Stories by Wendell Berry
New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry
Where’d You Park Your Spaceship? by Rob Bell
Completed in 2023
I enjoy grading the books I read on a 1-5 scale. Five is wonderful and highly recommended. Four is good, but there were some aspects I wish were different. Three is mostly enjoyable but I had some real challenges with either the concepts or style. Two means I had to trudge through it for the sake of completion or because someone really wanted me to read it and share my thoughts. If I read a book rated one, I have read all the good books in the world.
Falling Upward by Richard Rohr 4
Wenjack by Joseph Boyden 3
Making Peace with the Land by Fred Bahnson & Norman Wirzba 5
Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton 4
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle 3
Cross Vision by Gregory Boyd 4
The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry 5
What I Stand On: The Collected Essays of Wendell Berry 1996-2017 by Wendell Berry 5
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer 4
Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Enuma Okoro 4