I went to Barrie in the Fall










I flew home on a whim a couple weeks ago. A 3500 mile journey with three days notice. No small feat, but thanks to Google Flights I found an ideal itinerary within my budget and was able to be with my family when they needed me. It’s nice to be needed, you know? Despite the…
Spoiler alert: this is a self portrait on a gloomy, gray day. Both sunset and raindrops are contrived. For the past several years, I have loved the challenge of creating unique and memorable photos for our annual Christmas card. It’s always easiest to hire a photographer (duuh!) but the creative exercise has become a highlight…
Most girls go to a swanky boutique, sip beverages from shiny stemware, and try on piles upon piles of tulle and satin and lace and silk. Eventually, they either find the perfect dress…or they settle for an almost-perfect dress just to get out from under the watchful eyes and overly helpful hands of the bridal…
Today, life in China is exhausting. Actually, every day in China is exhausting. Somedays I am just more capable of battling through it. A Finnish gal (who has lived in my apartment building for a year now) explained it to me this way: “When you go out of your apartment, you have to prepare to…
I didn’t think I would ever arrive. I decided a couple quick flights would be the easiest way to get from Greensboro to Chattanooga. Theoretically, I was right. A twenty-two minute flight GSO to CLT, a ninety minute flight CLT to CHA, done. In the past four years of nonstop flying, I’ve never experienced exhorbitant…
April showers bring May flowers. What do Mayflowers bring? Pilgrims! Do you remember that? The little nursery rhyme ditty/joke that made the seven-year-old you laugh hysterically? Well, here it is. April 1. Time for the April showers to bring us those May flowers. (And the pilgrims, of course.) Instead of an April Fool’s joke today,…