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This afternoon I received an email from a friend who thought we'd had a falling out because she hadn't heard from me in so long. Nothing could have been further from the truth; all that had happened was that I'd gotten so absorbed in my photography that I've thought of nothing else for months now. Does this happen to you? It's been especially true since I started working on this Dualities series. I know I've shared this before, but it keeps getting worse not better. Worse for my friends that is. For me things couldn't be better. I'm in dog heaven, as my southern mom used to say. I am never happier than when I'm fired up with creative passion. It's not that I think this series is god's gift to the world, it's just that I am loving every minute of creating it.

Like today's duality, #33. Last week I took a photo at the market of red onions. All week I've tried to think of a good match for it. I finally saw the match while sitting on the toilet one morning. It seemed to me that the "hair" of the wire woman hanging in my bathroom window related perfectly to the dried roots that stick out from red onions. But the photo I'd taken last week didn't show those roots clearly enough, so yesterday I went back to the market for another try. I also took a couple of close-up portraits of the wire woman. After volunteering all day at school on Thursday, I came home and started the rather time-consuming project of teasing out each strand of "hair" and each root for the selective coloring I wanted. And so Duality #33 was born.

By the way, I called my friend after receiving her email and we had a wonderful phone visit. As soon as her schedule clears, we'll be getting together. Hey, friends are important too!