Each January I go over the previous year’s images to find what resonated with me the most. I edited hundreds of photos to find the ones which grabbed me emotionally. It was a fun lookback as well as a difficult project. I begin with an August shot of…
What a tumultuous year! It is almost impossible to wrap my head around the events of the last 12 months! Obviously, Marla’s heart issues were huge and remain a primary focus but so many things happened! We had beautiful moments with family and friends, travels to new places…
Where do I even begin? The year has been like a dream of a never-ending roller coaster. There were wonderful moments of elation and supreme happiness mixed with scary nightmarish moments out of our control. I’ll share a few thoughts as I look back at this year…
I love the Christmas season and this past week has been wonderful! We had an incredible early Christmas present with a visit from our daughter Stacy and her family! I’ll share treasured images of the past along with the past week. As a natty two-year-old I…
The one thing which always stays with me from our travels are the faces on the journey. They are the passageways into the heart and soul of a person, village, town, country, or an event. I have assembled photos of Faces which fascinate and intrigue me. Come along on this…
Sometimes we need a break! A little fatigue has set in from the pressures of life, too much social media, Netflix/Amazon Prime, and unending emails and texts. We need and love connection but there are days when some quiet escape sounds pretty darn good! Where do we go? I…
Most of us have our favorite museums which stimulate and enlighten our innately curious nature. We visit to view the ancient iconography and artistic creations of our world’s diverse cultures,…and also to experience the creativity of the new. The first museum I visited as a small…
Thanksgiving dinners were always a big thing in our family. It was not uncommon for Marla to cook Thanksgiving dinner for 25 people. My favorite dinners were actually Thanksgiving leftovers of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy. Leftover pumpkin pie was of course a big bonus! Thinking of food this…
As the Thanksgiving Holiday approaches, I am so grateful for the care Marla is receiving for heart failure and her shining and beautiful spirit. Yesterday she went back in the hospital because of fluid build-up in the lungs making her breathing difficult. I hope she will be home soon…
San Francisco’s Chinatown has always been a favorite destination on trips with our grandchildren over the years. For the twins this was a totally unique experience. The photo above is our intrepid travelers at the “Dragon Gate” on Grant Avenue. This is a favorite bench of the…