Every year at Christmas and Valentine’s day (and sometimes Easter), I am determined to make sugar cookies and decorate them. And every year, I believe in myself. I believe that the cookies will come out looking like a professional made… Read More »Decorating Cookies is 100% not my one thing
What if Henry VIII wasn’t such an evil man after all? I know, you’re thinking I’m a crazy person, but hear me out. Well, let me back track a bit first. I love historical fiction. I never would have thought… Read More »Maybe Henry Tudor wasn’t such a bad guy after all.
I’ve been dating, engaged to, or married to my husband for over 15 years now. Together we navigated high school, made the mistake of being apart freshman year of college, learned how to be a couple without hanging out at… Read More »How motherhood has changed my work and my work ethic
I don’t remember when I first fell in love with ballet. There’s no clear memory in my head of seeing it and deciding that I loved it. I just did. I do remember taking ballet classes at the recreation center… Read More »Being a dancer was my fate; photographing them was my destiny.
I’m supposed to be sitting here writing a Friday blog post that will inspire or educate or entertain you, something that I can put my photographs with, but the only thing I can think of this morning is “Snowy Day”.… Read More »Too distracted to write, too dedicated to leave it alone.
I’ve been to Paris four times in my life, and every time I go, it feels different. Every time I go, I feel overwhelmed. The city is bigger than I ever remember. It makes me uncomfortable. Does anyone else feel… Read More »Is Paris Always a Good IDea?
I am not the type of person who has many friends. It’s not that I don’t like people. It’s just that I don’t make friends easily or lightly. I work from home, I don’t meet people often. I’m not the… Read More »Kelsey & Mike
Posing a toddler was easy. Last year, Sofie would sit still, place her hands in her lap, tilt her head, cross her legs, uncross her legs, smile “pretty”, and whatever other weird poses I would give her. She’d walk across… Read More »The Portraiture of Sofie Carpenter
The water of the pond lay still, still enough to be a mirror to the snow covered trees surrounding it. Every tree was perfectly reflected in the glass-like water, casting a blue-green hue like I’d never seen before. I stopped… Read More »The Mountains
In this day of bloggers posting outfit ideas and fitness rituals, health and wellness tips and tricks, travel ideas, and mom advice, is there any room left for a blog that is just here for the sake of sharing stories… Read More »Daily Blogging