Through the Gateway
John Van DalenExploring the dimensions of the personal essay
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From the Memory Vault: An imagined place
My favorite old house in my mother’s hometown that I’ve passed countless times, walking or in my car. About ten years ago it came up for sale.
I walk up the steps to the porch after a long day at work, tired but glad to be home. The street...
A visit to Magnolia Gardens always reveals the more sublime features of Nature’s beauty and complexity
After 40 years, I know just about every square foot of the majestic and historic Magnolia Gardens on the Ashley River, located about 12 miles from where I live.
I dearly love the place, and have photographed it in all seasons of the year....
Weddings: To “dream the impossible dream?”
Weddings are one of the truly happy milestones in life where two people, usually still in their youth, set out, joined together in matrimony. It’s a time of great emotion, tender farewells to previous lives, hopeful exuberance and excitemen...
From the Memory Vault: The heartache, uncertainty and acceptance of caring for a loved one with dementia, and thoughts on my own confrontation with the realities of aging
(Dementia Journal written on March 21, 2014
Updated on May 6, 2026)
…people suffering from dementia have the ability to feel the emotions of those around them, particularly those who have been closest to them, emotionally. “Reading” a...
From the Memory Vault: changes over time come from a lifetime of accumulated experiences
Written July 8, 2001,
Updated April 30, 2026)
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Gandhi
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much. Wisdom is humble that he knows no more....
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Former teacher, newspaper writer and editor, and reference librarian. Passionate about landscape and vernacular photography. Observer and writer about life and it’s limitless possibilities.
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