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| Rarely seen London, ON February 2026 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
I figure the world has enough photos of me. And video. And audio. Too much, really.
I also have quite the face for radio. Complete with an asymmetric nose, baggy eyes, and a strangely shaped forehead.
Despite spending large amounts of my adult life staring down the barrel of a lens, I never know what to do with myself when someone is taking my picture. Smile? Smirk? Frown? Look serious? It feels, just, odd. Like a pony in a petting zoo.
And lord knows how irritated I get when I happen upon social media accounts that are, quite literally, all selfies all the time. I’m not one to judge, but I’ll never understand how anyone thinks that isn’t all kinds of weird. As if there isn’t anything better to focus on than…yourself.
Wait, maybe I’m judgy after all. Sorry.
But I also do this thing with my wife that I like to call the proof-of-life photo. Whenever I’m out and about, at some point I’ll take a selfie and send it home so she’ll know I’m safe and sound and happy.
The photos almost never go anywhere, because they’re an us thing, a tiny moment of connection that started the day I almost bled out on a bike ride far from home. So we share photos now, just because.
But sometimes I take a picture that I sorta like, that reminds me it’s okay to turn the lens inward on occasion.
Because I’m still here, and I still get to be out and about. And that’s something worth recording in some way. Celebrating, even.
Even if my nose is still all kinds of wonky.
#ldnont #canada #winter #photowalk #selfie
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