Validation and a Really Nice Belt

Validation and a Really Nice Belt

The magazine came out, so now I can say which contest I placed in (the one I mentioned last week). It’s the AAA Big Shots contest, and I’m proud to have taken third since the other winning images are spectacular. You can see them all here. The prize was a...
News and Ruins

News and Ruins

New products! I’m now selling greeting cards six to a box, with a mix of color and black & white, for $19.95 plus shipping. Email me to place your order. Other news: I placed third in a photography contest, and there was even a prize! I’m thrilled. (I...
Going Home

Going Home

My grandma, my mother’s mother and my last living grandparent, died yesterday. She was 93 and passed on peacefully in bed after a good, long life. (This, after my friend’s death last week. Sad.) She was a devout Catholic of Bohemian descent (her sisters...
As If I Needed To Prove My Motto

As If I Needed To Prove My Motto

It’s been a rough week. It’s actually been a rough few months, with three family members on their way out of this world, and two of those three with illnesses taking them much too young. Then this Saturday, my good friend and fabulous poet was killed in a...
The Happiest Dog Around

The Happiest Dog Around

This week’s 365 project theme of “dark” isn’t going as well as I’d hoped, due to a whole lot of snow (white) and cloudy nights with no stars. The weather seems to be turning, so until I get some shots I want to share I thought I’d...
Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice

My friend Susan picks a word to use as a touchstone for the year, and I liked the idea so much I’m giving it a shot for 2015. My word is emergence. I’ve had a good run with my work this year, and it feels like I’m on the cusp of a big leap forward. I...