Blog Posts - Reflections

It's September and I'm really not ready for the fall season!  I'm still wanting those warm days with the  hot sun, a good book on my ipad and the quiet afternoons on my deck with the birds and lizards.  I've started looking in my close...

For the past several posts, I diverted from my series of “old” images over the past couple weeks to write a couple Fall Foliage – specific posts, and to self-aggrandize with my two eBooks covering Vermont and the Michigan “U.P...

Life is but a tapestry of numerous indelibly memorable moments, delicately woven into its fabric; those that may, over time, lose their lustre somewhat but still retain their feel for many seasons even after several washes. Each one of us must have h...

Eight more days until our National Parks 100th birthday. Here are some photos of Stu Patterfoot in beautiful Grand Tetons National Park in Wyoming. (Need a different, inspirational setting for your WIP? Visit a National Park!) One fall, my husband...

It’s no secret to all who know me that I am a Jim Henson nerd. The Fraggles and Muppets are my closest friends and I sometimes get lost in the Labyrinth dreaming heavily of the Goblin King’s flawless cheekbones. This being said, it should...

It’s no secret that New York is a magical place. I have harped on and on about this beautiful attribute all week in my features, detailing just how and why this city became the gold mine for memories, experiences, and style. Heck, when I went t...

That day of the year is about to come in a few weeks from now. A day I eagerly wait for every year and when my excitement knows no bounds. And an occasion when I remain equally numb as well.Every time I see a sister holding her little brother's hand...

Kaagaj Ki Kashti... Reliving Childhood Memories...

Looking back, its hard to believe I have already covered 3 decades, and perhaps more amazing that I am still looking at images from 10 years ago.  2005, in retrospect, seemed like a pretty eventful year of shooting for me.  It definitely ramped up...

(This is a series I'm calling Fine Print, where I will tell stories and reflect on life.)These days there are crickets getting into the apartment from the patio. They jump along the floor while I hurry to catch them before Charlie sees one and freaks...

This morning I sit here with my coffee, the pupsters asleep on the chair ottoman, and think about my Saturday. I will go to lunch with my daughter and Andrew soon. I am taking some seedless grapes for him. He will be the highlight of my day...

When my parents were in their early seventies and my father had retired from his job in a steel forge, they sold their house to my younger sister and bought a mobile home in a nearby retirement park. This mobile home park really was park-like. The lo...

I used to be a worry wart.It seemed that worry crept into my thoughts like a mouse through the tiniest of holes. I was so hard on myself. If something went wrong, it had to be my fault. The weight of the world sat on my shoulders. For year...

Dakotah just celebrated his golden birthday yesterday...he turned 14 on the 14th. We went all gold with shiny decor.  The other boys and I searched all over the grocery store for gold-wrapped candy that had no nuts. ;)  I ordered...

According to George Couros, a well-known Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Leadership consultant and school principal from Alberta, reflection is part of your work as a teacher. His blog post entitled, "Another Reason to Blog; Proactive Through...

Today I've been thinking back to when my girls were young.We lived in a modest neighborhood of small brick homes (around 1000 square feet) with one car garages. There were lots of kids in that neighborhood. And we women were friends and our kids were...

It is damned hot. That humid kind of heat that seems to suck the life right out of you.  So I hover over the thermostat to see if I can keep the electric bill down. I get out early and water the plants. And otherwise I rarely step out into weat...

I think there is a misconception about living alone. There is a vast difference between being alone and being lonely. Miles and miles of vastness.I was far more lonely in a dead marriage that had not yet been declared dead and properly buried. B...

I wasn't going to post today. But then I started seeing all these Father's Day posts.And I realized that I had a story to tell, even if it is short.I never met my father. Never heard his voice. (Me as a baby)He is a shadow in my shadow-filled li...

Anything "galvanized" is trendy right now.I suppose, in our love for all things vintage, this attracted us because of its plain and simple look. A work horse of yesteryear. As in horse troughs and buckets.Anything galvanized has captured my...

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