Monday 5 Things….. If You Only Had….. A contemplative week this past one was. Life changes, stress, busyness, joy, laughter and tears. Challenges both uncommon and uncomfortable. Experiences equally exhilarating and exhausting. Interloping on a coffee shop conversation, I tried…
Monday 5 Things…..Disconnect, Connect or Reconnect….. Sipping a cup of coffee pondering life early on a cold rainy morning, I glanced across the room and saw an old off-white colored telephone – a touch button land line, circa 1980’s that…
Monday 5 Things…..Two Words….. A few weeks ago, I overheard a couple arguing downtown. They were intense, aggressive, and neither listening to what the other was saying. Then it happened. He pointed his finger at her and screamed two words.…
Monday 5 Things…..Avoidance….. Sitting in a local basement watering-hole on Broughton street sipping bottomless mimosas, I engaged in one of my most favorite activities – watching and listening to the people around me. There were definite highlights – three brothers…
Monday 5 Things…..Only Time….. Whilst reading another book this weekend, it dawned on your humble scribe that books and school can’t teach us everything in life. Don’t get me wrong; I have been truly blessed, thankful, honored and privileged to…
Monday 5 Things…..Lest We Forget….. Yesterday, the US observed Veterans Day and Canada and the Common Wealth observed Remembrance Day. WWI was to be the “war to end all wars” with the 1918 signing of the armistice ending the war…
Monday 5 Things…..Lest We Forget….. Yesterday, the US observed Veterans Day and Canada and the Common Wealth observed Remembrance Day. WWI was to be the “war to end all wars” with the 1918 signing of the armistice ending the war…
Monday 5 Things…..A Tired Mind….. A few years ago, I read a fascinating book by Daniel Levitin titled “The Organized Mind”, published in 2014. Levitin’s thesis is that one’s lack of productivity and loss of drive is a result of…
Monday 5 Things…..Of Vagabond Shoes, Little Town Blues, and A City That Never Sleeps….. Ah New York… how I’ve missed you. Late night walks and early morning starts – with camera in hand – a few days of meetings and…
Monday 5 Things…..Living Wealthy….. A recent re-re-re-read of another one of my favorite books, Napoleon Hill’s famous tome, “Think and Grow Rich”, got me thinking about common characteristics of some of the really wealthy people that I know. And I’m…
Monday 5 Things…..OH CANA-bis….. Last week, on October 17th, Canada — with much fanfare around the world — became the “first” large country to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Ok, Uruguay did so in 2013, but who am I to…
Monday 5 Things…..Happy Thanksgiving Eh….. As US banks and financial institutions take a break today for Columbus Day, north of the 49th parallel our Canadian friends are marking the change in seasons and celebrating Thanksgiving. Here are some of the…
Monday 5 Things…..On Black and Red….. Hi. My name is Paul and I’m a binger. I cut the cable cord cold-turkey a few years and haven’t missed television at all. However, under the cool-light glow of either my iPad or…
Monday 5 Things…..More….. An almost full moon lit the night sky. Epic, mountainous cumulous clouds traversed the midnight vista, changing shape with the wind-stream towering over an angry ocean. Never have I seen a night sky like this. The simplicity…
Monday 5 Things…..Would Atlas Shrug Today?…. Last week was an admittedly crazy week for me. Too much mental clutter, worry, doubt and feeling disconnected — most of which was self-induced — tapped my energy and productivity. I suspect that, like…
Monday 5 Things…..Shifting Gears….. Having recently spent a few days photographing some of the most incredible cars in the world, and if you recall from M5T a couple of weeks ago, I paused to contemplate life overlooking the ocean and cars on…
Monday 5 Things…..Labored Thought….. Have you ever wondered why you think about the things you do? Do you take time to think through your actions, your motives, your challenges, yours habits, your dreams? Do you find your inner voice is…
Monday 5 Things…..The Important of Automobiles I secured the perfect parking spot by arriving at my desired location at 4:45 on a calm, serene, cool and cloudy Sunday morning; California affording me another day of welcomed reprieve from stifling Savannah…
Monday 5 Things…..The F Word….. Recently I was moved to tears by some extraordinary stories of forgiveness. Forgiveness that defies logic and that can only be given when a heart is truly moved with compassion and love. A lot of…
Monday 5 Things.....Lexikos..... Lexikos…pertaining to words. A somewhat apropos follow up to last week’s missive about ‘words.’ Today’s M5T takes a look at some other words that have become front and center in the idiolect of this generation. 1. "Selfie"…
Monday 5 Things…..Words – Redux….. For a multitude of reasons and experiences (and while I have always tried to place great focus and thought into words) this past week I have been inordinately focused on words. Written, and spoken by me and…
Monday 5 Things.....What's Your Bold Move Today?..... So. Here we are again. It’s Monday morning… the start of a new week. What will today, and this week look like for you? Will it be the same old same old? Or…
Monday 5 Things…..Mutatio Perspectiva….. Disjointed. Hectic. Frayed. Frantic. Knotted. The juxtaposition of the chaos of the back of a tapestry that is necessary for the beauty and richness of an arras when viewed from the front. How often does our…
Monday 5 Things…..Give A Little Bit….. During a decidedly un-spirited drive, whilst pondering life meandering through oak covered streets of this genteel Hostess City of the South, a set of Supertramp songs came on the radio. The albums played harkened…
Monday 5 Things…..Considering Beltlines and Treadmills….. A couple of days of meetings in a great city this past week were good for my head and heart. Discussing the past, present and future of a certain Italian brand of four-wheeled design…
Monday 5 Things.....Of Creativity..... A stroll down a literal road less travelled on a hot and humid Savannah afternoon opened up to an open-air gallery of graffiti. I paused at each creation, wondering what went on in the mind of the…
Monday 5 Things.....Today..... The pre-dawn air was peaceful as a crescent moon meandered along its orbit across a star-lite sky. On a fourth-floor deck just outside of Atlanta, with freshly brewed cup of Sumatra coffee in hand, I watched the…
Monday 5 Things.....Storms..... A week of intense -- at times torrential -- rains and flash floods, the official start of hurricane season with remembrance of lives radically changed by the likes of Irma, Sandy, Floyd and Harvey and once again…
Monday 5 Things.....You Are Not..... Please forgive me if today’s M5T is lacking in wit, humor, or wisdom. Today is from the heart not from the head and touches on issues that I know we all have dealt with at…
Monday 5 Things…..Of Theodore….. It has been a week of ruminating over a childhood past, countries visited, friends made, dreams in development, overcoming fears, recognizing mistakes and embracing victories…all wrapped up with the joys and sorrows of a life in…
Monday 5 Things…..From Mom….. A weekend of reflection about Mother’s Day has shaped today’s M5T. It’s been over a year since she passed away, but was really over 2 years before then that the wretched disease of Alzheimer’s took her…
Monday 5 Things…..Enough….. Whilst editing some photographs at the bar of a local waterhole - quenching my thirst with some exceptional draft lagers - I overhead a professional looking couple having somewhat of a spat about time, or lack thereof,…
Monday 5 Things.....Child-Like Innocence..... While savoring an oversized Americano coffee between meetings at one of my most preferred caffeine dens in SAV, I looked up from my computer and partook in a bit of people watching. SCAD students and business…
Monday 5 Things.....Points of Pain..... In my professional life, I have been taught, and have operated from the premise that to most effectively negotiate, sell, or close a deal you need to have a good understanding of the other sides’…
Monday 5 Things…..The “P” Word….. A recent telephone call with a friend who felt that his business was stagnating lead to a discussion on efficiency and throughput. As we talked through what was happening with his business, he came to…
Monday 5 Things.....He Had A Dream..... Fifty years ago today, the US and the world was still in shock as Martin Luther King, Jr. was buried four days after his assassination. Today’s M5T reflects on some of the profound words from a…
Monday 5 Things.....Convergence..... A few years ago, around Good Friday, there was a great image floating around online. It was a head; half of which wore a crown of thorns, the other half a crown of gold. The caption said,…
Monday 5 Things…..Mysteries….. It is a rare day when I listen to music whilst tickling the red line in the pony. On a spirited drive up in SC recently I listened to U2’s “Mysterious Ways” at a volume competing with…
Monday 5 Things….. Taking Over….. Choices. Hundreds of them. Every day we choose to take one direction over another; some decisions are made without even thinking. Some choices are made after arduous, gut wrenching decision points in life. Others we…
South magazine recently tagged along for a girl’s glamping trip to a secluded, pristine island known as Little Raccoon Key. Champagne, massages, and chef-prepared oysters are just a few luxuries we found.
Monday 5 Things…..Overheard At Amelia….. The past few weeks have been rich in all things automotive for me, and this last weekend I had the opportunity to photograph the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. Amelia is considered one of the best…
Monday 5 Things…..Of Routes and Realizations….. The past few months and weeks, I’ve been driving more than flying. Mind-numbing, nearly auto-pilot, monotonous drives on highways 16 and 75 to Atlanta. Leisurely meanders along the emotionally calming and photographically breathtaking beauty…
Monday 5 Things…..Some Assembly Required….. Ingvar Kamprad passed away in January of this year. The founder of IKEA, he lived by the mantra that “most things remain to be done”, and changed an industry with flat-packed furniture that required assembly. Speaking from…
Monday 5 Things.....The Worth of a Life..... I found myself this past week thinking about life. A lot. A veritable roller coaster of working through some dark nights of the soul - and the general malaise and fog of despondency -…
Monday 5 Things.....285..... On this day in 1733, General James Oglethorpe rowed a boat up the Savannah river. He and a small group of 120 settlers, who arrived on the ship “Anne”, landed at Yamacraw Bluff (near what is now…
Monday 5 Things.....Think About It..... “I think. I am. I will.” One of my favorite quotes from Ayn Rand’s novella ‘Anthem”, a story about a society in which freedom, individual rights, values and thinking have been abolished. Today's M5T celebrates one of…
.....Etched In The Sky..... Some M5T’s come quickly to me. Others I simply need to digest for weeks, sometimes months. Some I agonize over, and others I simply relish rolling around ideas in my head, taking time to think through…
..... You, Inc. ..... I pointed the car south this past week and started to drive. A meandering day-journey along the awesome and beautiful Georgian low-country coast, barely a cloud in the sky, scouting locations for upcoming photo-shoots. A day spent…
.....More or Less..... Stepping in from an abnormally cold and snowy day (which for the record is one of the reasons I left Canada) in the SAV, while warming my hands on a ceramic chalice, I savored the taste of…
Five Words For A New Year….. Long time M5T’ers know that your scribe does not believe in New Year resolutions largely because of my belief that such resolutions tend to set one up for failure. I prefer to focus and…
