It is 1:28 p.m. on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.  At mass this morning the priest said that we are entering the season of Advent, and that it takes a lot of work to prepare ourselves for the birth of Christ.  We want to cling on to the old instead of making the painful, but liberating choice of forgiving past hurts and breaking negative patterns.  He said that we can all talk a good game about what we are going to do to change, but unless we take concrete action in which we specifically map out and prepare our days to include what we intend then it is all for nought.  As I sit next to century old negatives and my digital camera is perched next to a 1/2 century old Brownie film camera I am doing my best to get some last minute work done before traveling back into the city.  By “work” I mean sharing photographs with people that I pledged them to long ago.  I am starting off with four people that I “owe” photographs to.  One choice hopefully in the right direction.  Then on to the Shoreline East and Metro North.