She fingered her ring.  Twirled its perfectly sized, elegantly smooth band around her finger, relishing the poignancy of its symbolism. She stood on the sidewalk in downtown Greensboro, embracing the reality only a few hours old: “We are engaged.”   It’s a beautiful thing, this gloriously delightful day-of-their-engagement.   The weather was perfect.  Traffic was only moderately…

In 2004, the world looked a little different. Actually, a lot different. Flip phone cell phones were all the rage, George W. Bush won his second term as U.S. President, Facebook began its forway into the World Wide Web, The Incredibles hit theaters, the Carolina Panthers went to the Super Bowl, and John & Alethea…

It’s routine.  He walks to the car with her, leading the way.  Because he’s half a stride ahead of her,  he is there just in time to hold open her car door and help her get settled on the passenger side.  By the time he makes it around to the driver’s side door, she’s buckled…

As we all learned many years ago from the beloved Mary Poppins, there are many different types of laughter. Some people laugh through their noses Sounding something like this, dreadful Some people laugh through their teeth goodness sake Hissing and fizzing like snakes Not at all attractive to my way of thinking Some laugh too…

The snow was a day or two old. A few people had walked across the lawn in the days since it was fresh. The sun had threatened to melt it, but only created a sparkling crust as the cold set in deeper. He took a step. She took a step. He took a step. She…

Two years ago, I was hosting my freshly minted boyfriend from Canada so I didn’t work too hard to publish a year in review. One year ago, I was in Vietnam shooting the wedding of Ben and Hien a few  days after the boyfriend became the fiance so I didn’t publish a year in review….