Sorted

I’m extremely lucky that I’ve the week off between Christmas and New Years. Often this time is filled meeting up with friends that might be in town for the holiday, taking down decorations, catching movies at the theater, or simply doing things I want to do.

In this case, I finally caught up with “favorite” photo albums to span the last few years. It’s an annual event I let slip back in 2007 and I’m not sure why, as it’s a fantastic way to give some shape to the flipping of the calendar.

So I hunkered down after Christmas and sorted. And sorted.

It’s an arduous process and I seem to leave more snapshots on the cutting room floor than I’d like, but that’s part of the curating process. I call these albums “favorite” photos instead of “best” because they might not be the most excellent photos in the world. But they might represent a moment that was meaningful.

And 2010? Well it was the hardest to whittle down. The year started with a trip to SXSW and I met so many great folks for the first time. (And I’ve never posted all the photos from that event because there are So. Many.)

I went to Brooklyn. Played ambassador to the midwest for visitors from California. Did a handful of roadtrips to St. Louis, and Pennsylvania and West Virginia. I went to Southeast Asia—for three weeks. I came back from there and went right back out to spend a big hunk of time on the left coast.

And in between all of this travel? I enjoyed my time at home in Ohio. Met new friends. Made new traditions. Enjoyed some old ones.

I like to think 2010 was great, and I’m hoping 2011 continues on that trajectory.

So enough words, here’s links to the favorites: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

(and I realize I’ve posted this same thing on my “journal” – but a goal in 2011 is to consolidate!)