Christmas Flowers
Are your photos from the 90s sitting in an overflowing box somewhere on the top shelf of a dark closet, disorganized and forgotten? I’ll bet they are. And I’ll also bet this is a project that terrifies you to begin. You’re one part emotionally overwhelmed by the idea of looking through all those memories and…
Let’s face it: when you’re standing on a dock at the Pacific ocean overlooking THAT view, *anything* is going to be more fun, more memorable, more enjoyable, more special, more fantastic. But add into the mix a ride in this boat after a Ferry Ride across the bay and then a weekend of baiting and…
Hey, newly-engaged and newly-wed you: have you talked about how you will decide what holiday traditions to start in your new marriage? My husband and I took very seriously the advice to “communicate about everything” but in the six years since we started down the “engaged” path and into the “married” category, we have only…
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness. And happy memories. And happy pictures. And – especially – happy places. You see, I have a lot of happy places. There’s the room in the mountains of Southern Virginia where I lived in for four months while recovering from pneumonia. There’s the rock on the shores…
We dubbed it take your wife to work day. Nothing official, nothing authorized, just me joining the van full of commuting expats heading to the banks of the Yangtse river where The Machine was being constructed. And what a machine it is! I won’t try to do it justice, and even the photos don’t properly…