PinnedSeventeen Days, Eight States, and One SonWhen a family of photographers travel together — Road Trip 2020 — It is 2020 — the year of What’s Next? Travel in 2020 requires creative planning and thoughtfulness amidst a pandemic. Hitting the road and visiting mostly isolated destinations formulated our plans for a long awaited vacation and quality time with our youngest son. We chose destinations that were unique, on…Roadtrip11 min readRoadtrip11 min read
Sep 1How RVing Prepared Me for a HurricaneThe Things They Had In Common There is much to learn when you start RVing full-time. For us, a big learning curve was Boondocking, meaning to be self sustained, without hookups. We wanted to learn how so we could to try our hands at camping in unusual locations. …Hurricane6 min readHurricane6 min read
Aug 8What We Didn’t Get to Enjoy While on the RoadMake Time for the Small Experiences For 15 years, we lived in the small town of Anacortes, WA, on an island about an hour north of Seattle. It was a tight community filled with amazing people and even more amazing artists. I was very involved with the arts and to…Traveling5 min readTraveling5 min read
Jul 21Repurposed, Recycled, RejuvenatedFinding New Purpose when dealing with the “old.” I have always appreciated “old” things, but I didn’t necessarily want them for myself. I never really understood the appeal of why peopled shopped antique stores, thrift shops, or garage sales? …Repurposing5 min readRepurposing5 min read
Jul 47 Reasons Florida is DANGEROUSWhether Living in or Visiting Florida — A Newbie Perspective In Florida, there are the usual dangers — snakes, spiders, scorpions, bears, mosquitoes, alligators, the heat, hurricanes, but it is the unknown dangers of visiting or living in Florida which captured my attention. Food — Florida is a dangerous place…Florida5 min readFlorida5 min read
Jun 21Now What?Career Journey Pivots When I was young, I never thought of myself as “career” oriented. My family could not afford to send me to college and I did not really have any ambition towards a college education. I was born in the late 50s, so I figured I would grow…Life Change5 min readLife Change5 min read
Jun 6It’s All About Timing….We have much to be grateful for — thanks to Time. Timing is Everything. — WHY? When the Time is Right. — Usually. Patience is a Virtue. — Is it? Just a matter of time. — Yep, eventually. In the nick of time. — This one has been spot on sometimes. Only time will tell…Timing5 min readTiming5 min read
May 29She Found Her Next SomeoneLife changes (big or small) can often be hard, stressful, difficult. We can’t see into the future, during these stressful times we barely manage the present, and we often forget about the good times in the past. …Life Change2 min readLife Change2 min read
May 19Gratitude AttitudeIt has been a little weak lately With all of the stress lately, my Gratitude Attitude has been very weak, then I will get hit with a reminder of why I should be grateful — at least for something. So, here are some recent Gratitudes, I should be ( (and…Gratitude5 min readGratitude5 min read
May 15Feeling Out of SortsMoving from a Big Space to a Small Space to a BIG SpaceLife Change5 min readLife Change5 min read
