Capturing the moment 25 Articles

by Carol Gioia

For years we talked about having a family picture taken by a "real" photographer. It seemed like a daunting task to accomplish with our large group. Besides my husband and myself, we had five married children, their spou...read more

by Ryan Gray

In my role as a member and leader of different newspaper staffs for more than 10 years, "capturing the moment" was always very important. There was usually only one chance to get it right. Whether it was a burning build...read more

by Thomm Quackenbush

I can't capture fireworks. No matter how I may try, nothing I write can touch being outside on a summer's night to watch the darkness explode in greens and reds. You've seen your own fireworks and can generalize the experi...read more

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by Jim Huckabee

The narrow road wound through the northeastern California country side on a lazy almost surreal day in the fall of the year. The day was gray, coloring everything in an opaque hue, almost like a dream state. At some point ...read more

by Barbara Kasey Smith

A story about capturing the moments of yesteryear. This story takes place in the foothills of Southwest West Virginia, in the early years of the nineteen-hundred and forty and fifties. Take a moment to compare today's livi...read more

by Hicham Harrak

(i amust admit,i get a devilish delight when the miraculous appears right under my nose.after all, the marvelous is a weed species: one can glimpse it on's doorstep.Peaple pften ask me where they might go to find adventure...read more

by K Shamrock

When most people wake in the morning, the first thing that pops in their heads is if they are running late to work and what they have to do that day. Luckily, three days a week I do not have that thought. I always try to...read more

by Raven Madd

I was walking down the street one day late fall and saw a dime on the ground. Now normally I would pick it up, but in this nice neighborhood I decided not to and proceeded to have an argument with myself. . . Kind of. . ...read more

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by Michelle Black

A Legacy of Words Remembrance, reminiscing, memories loved and pictures painting a thousand words. A poem, a story or perhaps a rhyme takes you on a stroll through another time. Yesterday, today and your hopes for tomo...read more

by M.E Ashdown

Capturing the wave The winter evenings creep in early, so it was already quite dark as we headed home from Bendigo and hit the esses just out of Marong. The open spaces gave us a good view of the evening sky and my f...read more

by April Buonamici

The Nestlings What a truly amazing phenomena I witnessed this summer! I was at Camp Beaumont in Ashtabula, Ohio, chaperoning my youngest son's Boy Scout troop. Since I was one of the few women in camp, I chose to go ...read more

by Irina D.

I carry such emotions regarding the winter holidays, mostly being somewhat mildly negative, stemmed from my childhood's past memories. I tend to remember Christmas of a different flare growing up, much more religiously pow...read more

by Marleigh Ulitsch

As I listen to the incessant noise pouring out of [my mother's] mouth into the telephone, I realize how meaningless most conversations are. She is not talking to me but rather at me, or my voicemail to be more specific. ...read more

by Tonic

Capturing the moment sounds like a bit of a play on words as the phrase used in this article title states. To me, the moment, this ever-present thing we call existence is not made up of individual moments in a sequentia...read more

by Steve Marshall

Moments are precious gifts from spirit that you will either capture or watch them pass you by. You can't determine the timing of the moment arriving because that is determined by a greater power than you coming from perha...read more

by Sonny Morton

A World from the Couch Clung to the couch what an awful waste. Day after day n...read more

by Angie Hewerdine

Love Your Life! What is it about being human that is so stressful? It is said that humans are the smartest animals, but I have to wonder sometimes if that's true. Does a raccoon lament that it's tail stripes are not wi...read more

by Helen Woytovech

Been There, Done That. Dependence, ah, yes, I cried: food came; I cried: diaper was changed; I cried: cuddling was imminent - not a care in the world. Yes, all I had to do was cry - a blank chapter in the book of my lif...read more

by Michelle Jardine

You know those times. You're out and all of a sudden there is this moment you want to capture. What's it called? A photo op. An opportunity to seize the moment and look upon it later. God gives us a sort of camera in ou...read more

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by Roslyn Moran

I didn't capture any moment when I had a hernia in my stomach area. For a very long time I didn't know what was wrong with me but I couldn't do one thing. Any attempt at any activity would ground me within 5 minutes. ...read more