Station Master, Wayzata Station, Wayzata Historical Society, 09/06/2010
I’m looking out my office window and watching the first wave of another major winter storm engulf Minneapolis. Heavy snow blows horizontally along the street. The bare pavement, cleared by the recent February thaw, is already hidden under the sterile white of winter’s return.
It’s a good day to savor a cup or two of coffee and take stock of the week.
The show for the Washburn Public Library is coming together nicely. I’ve printed most of the images and delivered them and the frames to a local frame shop where the matting and assembly will occur. It is a spendy way to prepare but, for this once, it takes the pressure off and allows me to focus on what I do best: photography and writing. Jim Earley, who is a good friend and a noted life coach, is fond of saying that a person should spend their energy wisely: focus on what you do best, it’s the value added that earns your living, and delegate the less productive tasks to someone else who can do them better and faster.
In the future, when deadlines aren’t pressing, I will do some of my own matting and framing for the simple pleasure of using my hands.
I hang the show, March 1st and it will be on display through out the month.