I don’t watch the news much because I don’t want to support their news by giving money to people who sell fear as information and profit from it under the guise of civic duty. I heard yesterday of the violence in a small number of stores on the aptly-named Black Friday and I wondered about the people who would maim others for a game player or to save two dollars on a waffle iron and  it made my heart sink. How does  one make sense of a world like that, on a holiday meant to give thanks for the good things we have in life? Make your own news. Here’s how I do it:

So here is how I make sense of this wonderful world, this joyous place, full of light and beauty and love: I go out and find some and photograph it. My world makes sense to me.