Paul Cotter
France #5: Lagniappe
For this final post about our trip to France, I’d like to treat you to some random bonus photos – a lagniappe, if you will. Lagniappe...
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Paul Cotter
Oct 92 min read
France #2: D-Day Beaches
My wife and I stood on the shore at Omaha Beach, the site of the most brutal fighting during the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day. As...
Paul Cotter
Aug 281 min read
Taking Off
Next week, we’re leaving for a long-awaited journey to the Normandy and Brittany regions of France. My anticipation, you could say, is...
Paul Cotter
Aug 132 min read
Play Time
As I walked through the playground in an Uptown Charlotte park, I was struck by the unbridled joy of the children at play: running,...
Paul Cotter
Aug 62 min read
Tangled
It’s easy to get wrapped up in things in a way we never intended. When that happens, it can be difficult (and sometimes impossible) to...
Paul Cotter
Jul 151 min read
The Dead Lizard
As temperatures in Charlotte hit the mid-90s last week, our upstairs air conditioning unit broke down in the middle of the night. A check...
Paul Cotter
Jun 52 min read
Inseparable
I hadn’t thought about my old childhood friend in a long time. It’s been almost 60 years since we last hung out together. Over the years,...
Paul Cotter
Apr 302 min read
The Seductive Call of Likes
You may have noticed that I don’t have the “Likes” feature activated on my blog – which means you can’t give my posts a thumbs-up to show...
Paul Cotter
Apr 172 min read
The Whisper
SHHHHHHHHHH! Let your mind go quiet. Listen. When we do, we can tap into a source of creativity that’s far beyond anything we can...
Paul Cotter
Mar 271 min read
The Laundry Lesson
Many years ago, I heard some words of wisdom that have always stayed with me. They came from Joe Crowley, co-owner of the Crowley Webb...
Paul Cotter
Mar 202 min read
Unity and Variety
I've always wondered: why do so many people want others to be exactly like them? They won’t be happy unless everyone else looks like...
Paul Cotter
Mar 61 min read
Returning to the Source
As I photographed this beach in Southern California, I was mesmerized by the water pouring into the inlet and then withdrawing back into...
Paul Cotter
Jan 311 min read
The Call of the Shell
Have you ever found yourself pulled like a magnet to certain things in life? Maybe it’s a career path that beckoned, or a destination you...
Paul Cotter
Jan 241 min read
A Closer Look
What do you see in this picture? A heart? A face? Can you tell what this object is? Is it large like a tree trunk? Is it small like a...
Paul Cotter
Dec 18, 20231 min read
A Holiday Message
With the holidays in full swing and 2023 drawing to a close, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for visiting Paul's Reflections. The...
Paul Cotter
Nov 8, 20232 min read
What We See
An interesting thing happened when I photographed Hickory Nut Falls at Chimney Rock State Park last week. This 404-foot falls, located...
Paul Cotter
Oct 14, 20231 min read
The Beacon
We all have a beacon that we follow — something that guides us on our life journey and helps us reach our chosen destination, just as...
Paul Cotter
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Disappointment into Delight (Part One)
We’ve all had times when things didn’t go our way. You know what I’m talking about: those times when our expectations were as high as the...
Paul Cotter
Sep 19, 20231 min read
The Stomping Sleepwalkers
This is an incident that baffled me. Bonnie and I had just walked down a steep flight of wooden steps to reach this waterfall in Nova...
Paul Cotter
Sep 15, 20231 min read
A Rainstorm Story
It was raining that morning in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. I don’t mean drizzling. I mean really raining – coming down in torrents, with...
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