Change, no matter how large or small, always makes me feel unsettled. It makes me feel different. Even the smallest wave can rock the boat of my life, throw off my routine, make me uncomfortable. And for the longest time,… Read More »Sitting under Cherry Blossoms
We didn’t do an Easter egg hunt for the kids this year. And you know what? It was really freeing. At first, I felt guilty that I didn’t want to do one. I felt required by the Easter Egg hunt… Read More »We didn’t do an easter egg hunt
It was a very unproductive Monday. Even as I write, this, I am doing it very poorly. I am sitting on the couch, next to my sister, in a cycle of giggling and staring at my computer, trying to write… Read More »Unproductivity is key
This week did nothing for my motivation. The cherry blossoms are in peak bloom. Their pink, fluffy, petals are falling softly from trees that I just want to cuddle up in. The sun has been out. The kids have been…… Read More »Motivation and the Garden
Chaos theory. Chaos is natural. If something can go wrong it will. Can you fight Murphy’s law? It seems like, lately, I’ve been walking up the escalator backwards, trying as hard as I can to control everything around me, trying… Read More »Murphy’s Law
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