Today I woke up in Maine for the first time in a month. I woke up with a start, having shut my phone’s alarm... Read More
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… on photographic training
I wanted to practice my photography today, figuring that – like musicians – we wicked professional photographers need to work on our craft each... Read More
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… on dreams of a garden (wedding)
Yesterday, I was googling away, in total wedding planning mode. The Nearly Perfect Husband walked by as I was looking up “skinny evergreens”. Then... Read More
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… on wrestling time (or tilting at windmills)
So this whole calendar thing. Yes… the calendar thing. I mean, I get the whole ‘day, solar year, and lunar cycle’ thing. And the... Read More
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… on not an elf on the shelf
Ya. So I’m sitting there the other night, all cozy in my big comfy chair and looking at my warm and cozy twinkle lights... Read More
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… on the freakin’ dawn
Okay, you guys know me pretty well by now. I am not really a wHiner… Nor a complainer… Let’s even go for the not-so-much in... Read More
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… on apple pride
Yesterday, a Christmas miracle happened. I was cleaning Self-Proclaimed Perfect Boy Gabe’s and Number One Son Sam’s bedroom (yes, to ready them for the... Read More
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… on the best laid plans
The other night Blaze, Marshal, and I arrived in Maine and I was very excited about it. I had to be here for the... Read More
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… on the dark side of a photo shoot
When I started writing here, I knew that – even though I might want to write about the people in my life sometimes – I didn’t... Read More
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… on an anchor
By this time, in mid-October-years-past, I would have had The Disposable Shack* decorated to the nines. What is ‘decorated to the nines’? That number seems rather... Read More
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… on breaking my kids
Dear Kids, There is no easy way to say this so I’ll just come out with it. You’re broken. Yep, you two Jack. Even... Read More
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… on hunting season and blending in
Okay, sure. Clocks weren’t melting and I didn’t wake up with a skinny, long and somewhat disturbing mustache. But the point is I could have. Seriously.... Read More