Yesterday I decided it was a good day to photograph the kids for their Easter pictures. Well, really, they were more like spring pictures as we aren’t that religious. We celebrate Easter, but in an “it’s complicated” kind of way.… Read More »A Lesson in Not Giving up
My love affair with Catherine the Great began in high school. I was in, what we called, an academy for biomedical sciences and on the path to become a doctor (we all know how that turned out) and I was… Read More »Catherine The Great
Watching people eat I like to watch people eat. I know that’s a weird statement to make by itself, but I can’t help it. I am fascinated by the way people eat. I truly believe that mastication is one of… Read More »The Art of People Watching
Everything is circumstantial. This morning, I had a thought that I really do love sun flare in an image. Then I had to walk back my statement to myself. I love sun flare in certain images with certain circumstances, but,… Read More »Sun flare
I thought being color blind meant treating everyone, every human with respect and love, and not treating someone differently (better or worse) based on their race. But what I’ve found is that the phrase color blind implies that we, as… Read More »We can’t be color blind
I’ve been trying to teach my daughter the importance of courtesy and empathy. We live on the fifth floor of our apartment building with neighbors above and below us, and Sofie is a very rambunctious three-year-old. During the night, she… Read More »don’t jump off your little chair
Today I want to live inside of a piece of music. A Hans Zimmer score, to be specific. Or even more specifically, I want to live inside of the Man of Steel soundtrack. Now I’m usually more of a Marvel… Read More »It’s stuck in my head would be an understatement
The other day I was watching Pride and Prejudice with my daughter. The reason why involves a Rosamund Pike narrated audiobook, my daughter recognizing the story just from a few lines (which I was completely blown away by), and her… Read More »Would Jane Have Married Collins?
I just spent 6 hours over the three nights of my weekend comparing and contrasting Justice League with Zach Snyder’s Justice League. And while that may seem like an exorbitant amount of time to dedicate to movies, and while you… Read More »The Two Justice Leagues
I woke up this morning, after a horrible night’s sleep (that’s just life with a 5 1/2-month-old), to Sofie turning on the piano light. It was 7:30, and I had every plan to slowly roll out of bed after a… Read More »Norooz 1400