At the beginning of summer a year ago, I signed up for a few Kim Klassen photography classes with weekly lessons that focus on finding our stillness and creativity (something I was in desperate need of then, and apparently continue to need now…). I had the whole summer ahead of me and grand visions of the... Continue Reading →
a brief escape
This semester has been a killer, with a 5-credit Statistics course (let's just say math is not my forte!), and an upper-level History of Women & Gender in America course that is giving me, a voracious reader with a love for history, a run for my money in keeping up with the reading. I truly... Continue Reading →
to autumn…
In honor of my favorite time of the year... and because I had to do a photoshop exercise in one of my classes. 🙂
learning to breathe…
So my plan to post several times a week seems to have stalled right out of the gate, but I promise to try and rectify that. After such a long spell of neglecting the creative side of me, I seem to have lost my words, and I'm having a hard time relocating them. More than a lack... Continue Reading →
at long last…
I'm back! These last two semesters were particularly crazy with two classes plus an internship during the fall and three classes this spring (including math, after a 26-year break... blech!), on top of family life and a full-time job. But, at long last I can finally say that I am a senior! Only a few... Continue Reading →
a rough beginning
“She went dusky on me,” the irritated-sounding nurse on the phone said, as if I should have any clue what she was talking about. “We had to move her to the NICU. The pediatrician will be in to talk to you soon.” Click. I had just given birth a few hours earlier to our long-awaited... Continue Reading →