You’ve probably heard the saying: “A picture is worth a thousand words.” In this blog, I hope to bring you BOTH. Each of my posts will include a FEATURED PHOTO (along with a few related photos) AND a thousand words (give or take a few hundred) to tell A STORY connected with the photos. Some stories will likely turn into a series of posts, so I can say everything I want to say.
If I were to describe the essence of my blog, I would call it “Photo-journeyism.” Unlike Photojournalism, which uses photographs to tell the news, it is instead an adventure—the story of a journey—that I want to communicate through my photos. The original inspiration for my blog came from the photographs I’ve taken on my trips over the years—travel journeys. But as I began to draft my posts, I realized there were more topics I wanted to talk about—stories of my growing up, of my family, of my learnings, of my passions—life’s journeys. And I’ve seen that my travel and life journeys often intertwine.
There’s another saying you may have heard: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” I started my journey—my blogging journey—with a series of guest posts about a “Virtual DIY Project,” in collaboration with my brother on his blog site, “OneCreativeScientist.com.” Later—after several years of his encouraging me to start my own blog—I launched “a-picture-and-a-thousand-words,” with my first post in July 2023.
If you’re new to this site, you can join the journey by reading my first post, “Introduction: How It All Started.” If you prefer a more complete survey, I’ve pulled together all the posts that I refer to as the “Introductory Series,” which you can find by clicking “Start Here” from the menu. If you prefer, you can dive right into the latest post on my Homepage. Or perhaps you’ll just proceed to the post that brought you here: a suggested link from a possibly random internet search.
Whichever way you connect, I hope you enjoy the photos you see and the stories you read. Perhaps the photos will inspire you to travel somewhere you’ve not been; maybe the stories will cause you to pause and reflect on a different perspective—a new point of view—that you’ve not considered. Hopefully, you’ll find it interesting enough to bring you back—from time to time—to see and read more. And if you’re so inclined, please recommend the site to a friend, and feel free to send along comments on individual posts you happen to read.
It is my intention to publish a new post every week, on Sunday morning—in honor of my father, who was a minister and preached every Sunday morning for 40 years—and out of respect and admiration for my brother, who has consistently posted on his own blog site every Sunday morning for the past 10 years. For me, that will be 52 posts a year; I think I have enough stories to keep it going. We’ll have to wait and see if I manage to follow-through on my plans…
Thanks for visiting my site!
