D. Brent Miller

September 25, 2011

Taking time for renewal

Caesar Creek Reservoir, Waynesville, OH

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Inspired by an old friend from Granger, IN,
I wandered the back roads to Caesar Creek Reservoir
where I took time to reflect and meditate.

The world is spinning too fast.
Not physically, but the speed at which information
is flowing through the vast number of outlets.

Social media is anything but social.
Cable has too many channels, many not worth watching.
The global news says we’re on the precipice of economic tragedy.

What I need, what the world needs, is a little time out.
Disconnect for a few minutes.
Find your true self and proceed from there.

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See you on the highway.

Brent

September 19, 2011

I’ve lived in the Cincinnati area for five years now, and even though I’ve driven past the Farm Club Tractor Show near Morrow, Ohio, every year, I’ve never stopped. That is until this year. There is something about the atmosphere of a tractor show that draws out the best of community. It’s a great place to be.

You can view the complete gallery of images here.

Brent

August 31, 2011

Growing old gracefully

Sojourn Poetry

There are a few things I have learned
in my travels and as I have matured.

The more education and degrees I earned
the more I realized how little I really knew.

Lots of work experience in different fields
does not necessarily work in one’s favor.

There is value in growing up and staying in one community
for you shall know its history and people.

There is value in moving and migrating to other communities
for you shall experience a bigger world, its residents and culture.

What I have done is not as important as what I am doing,
and I am not as important as I think I am.

It is a very humble feeling to realize
humans are just a speck of sand in the grand scheme of the universe.

And yet, we each are a unique speck of sand
and we are all connected.

Brent