Life mentor. What face comes to mind when you hear those words? I see several. But one in particular takes me back to when I was 17. Already passionate for photography, I had just set up my first dark room and was snapping pictures all of the time. I met professional fine art photographer, […]
Turning the pages I fantasized about the life that the author described. Communing with family and friends. Finding life in each day working and playing in community. I found this book in a small local book store in Mystic CT when I was visiting my oldest son. This was two nights before hurricane Irene was […]
Life was a struggle for me only two years ago. We had just gotten through the worst winter of our life. And I had thought the two before it were the worst. Swearing I would never stay in Virginia during the winter again, I found myself doing just that. Deciding to leave behind the house […]
What do you love to do? How many hours a week do you spend doing it? I have been living my dream job as a professional portrait photographer for 8 years now. My dad bought me my first camera when I was fourteen, who’d ever thought it would lead me to my photography career years […]
Two summers ago we were sipping iced drinks from a quaint rooftop bar in historic Savannah. Humidity dripped down the glass when I lifted it to my lips. Getting to know new friends in the city we were moving to was exciting. No kids in the picture yet, they were happily enjoying their early married […]
After breakfast, Sean and I headed to our second white water rafting excursion that week. Driving several miles down the main coastal highway of Costa Rica, a dirt road covered in boulders, we came upon a young girl in her early twenties, carrying a backpack that was almost taller than herself. Her flip flops were a […]
Twenty-two eyes all on me in the hot seat. Nervously wringing my hands, getting to the truth in my heart. Everyone was sitting safely behind their table in the small makeshift classroom in the attic of an office building in Buda, Texas. Home of the official wiener dog races. I was being grilled by the […]
Jumping in with both feet is what we did when moving to Tybee. In fact we did more social activities in the first month here than we did in the two-three years prior living in VA. No Lie. I really am not making this up. We do have several close friends and people we love […]
The first night we were here, was the lighting of the Christmas tree…er, uh Christmas bush. We arrived a day early so that we could be here for the blessed event. It truly gave us a feel of what living in this small town was going to be like. When it was time to walk […]
December 2, 2011 had finally arrived. We packed our suitcases, four kids and the dog early that morning and 9 hours later we were crossing the Lazaretto Creek bridge onto Tybee Island. The sun was shining bright and the sky was a deep blue. Now one of the most interesting stories that happened on this day was […]