Western Roads
Out through the northwest and back through the south. Nineteen states and 6,800 miles later, we are home with our hearts stretched wide.
summer
Photographic check in
I am snapping lots of photos of this glorious world. I can tell you about my current life with them easily. Watch this.
Visualore Media: a family photoshoot
This summer, our family was given the gift of a photoshoot by a friend of ours who is just setting up his side gig of photography.
To a lifetime friend
Someday we will look back on these days and say to ourselves, in our cracked old voices, “Well, honey, I don’t know how we did it back then.”
A slice of summer: Our June
In my memory, June is a chilly and outrageously drippy month in our part of the world. What has come over this one, full of radiant blue-eyed days?
My best strawberry shortcake
This dessert is good enough to be eaten warm from the oven, without strawberries, as a coffee cake. With berries, it’s Mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Two-week review
Sometimes my life spins more quickly than I can follow. Here are some snapshots from the past two weeks. We spent a precious weekend with our second son on his home visit. He said that when I took him back to camp, he wanted to show me Eagle’s Point, so we packed a lunch and …
My worst day as a mom
He was my first baby – now thirteen months old. His hair was brown, his eyes were striking, his grin was quick. I thought he was perfect.
Summer menu: without words
I found that the words distracted from the images, and the images from the words. Which post speaks louder? Does it depend on who you are?
Summer menu: without images
Take a chunk of meat and cook it over open flame, drizzle it with the best of barbecue sauces until it’s sizzling and moist and just the tiniest bit burnt…