The Year of Change by Ting-Li Lin

The Year of Change

It surely looked like this year would be the year of change for me. The journey with my previous employer ended in February, so I’m currently looking for new opportunities. My photography and video production business may need to undergo some kind of transformation, and our office lease will end at the end of April. …

Cold

Comparing to the temperature today in Madison, the weather was actually not too bad when I was in Munising, MI, a week ago. The highest temperature was 8 degrees below zero around noon, and it may reach 17 degrees below zero tonight. Plus wind chill, it’s more like 30 to 40 degrees below zero. On …

Munising Falls

I spent my last 7 days of the year 2013 around Munising, Michigan, which is next to the Pictured Rock National Lakeshore along Lake Superior. The main purpose of the trip was to have myself recharged and to get ready for the year 2014. I took photographs during the day and spent the evenings reading …

Boy

“When you have children, everything that is yours is theirs. But nothing that is theirs is yours.” — Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols, National Geographic Wildlife Photographer, from the Patagonia film Worn Wear

12 Years

Time flies. I’m going into my 13th year in Madison this month. While lots of things changed in my life during the past 12 years, one thing does not seem to have changed. That is, every time I want to simply my life, I only make it more complex. I’m somehow attracted to minimalism, yet …