I don't know if I have shared this photo before.  It's the lighthouse at Yaquina Bay, Oregon from May 2005. It was a miserable trip, a photo workshop with a leader and one other participant. My father had died two weeks before. The weather was challenging, and the leader was disappointing. The accommodations were sub-par. I had never been to the Oregon coast (which is an amazing destination). I had just begun to use my new digital camera. I had traveled most of the previous day to Portland, and then the leader drove us to Newport where we spent our first night. The next morning, we went to Yaquina Head, operating since 1873. 

Why do I have such bad memories of this trip? We were at this spot for FIVE minutes! I took 20 digital photos of different compositions. I barely had time to unfold my tripod. What?!?! Yeah, this dude had been here how many times and had how many pictures of this lighthouse? And then we hear the classic photographer's lament: You should have been here last week (or last year). So, this is my best picture, taken the wrong week and the wrong time!

I'm a reflective person. Not the first person to speak. I like to consider options before a decision is made. The creative moment takes time. Can we just wait a while?