Renewal and Loss – The Grief before the Glory

by Stephen Cocconi By now, most of us have heard the phrase “getting back to normal.” For some, the reality hasn’t quite sunk-in that after a year of COVID changes, “normal” will have a new set of parameters. From designer masks, to disinfectant, to “physical distancing”, and realizing that the only social distancing most of…

The Time The World Stood Still

by Stephen J Cocconi© 2020 I happened to be lucky enough to have almost in my backyard, one of the greatest and most beautiful natural cathedrals on earth, Yosemite national park, particularly with you somebody Valley, it’s half dome, cathedral rock and of course the massive and majestic El Capitan. The fact that Earth Day…