The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 10,000 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 17 years to get that many views. Click here to see the complete report. Continue reading 2012 in review
Top Ten Things I’ve Learned This Fall 10. Ask clients to remove their glasses. I secured my first major photo shoot — at Southfork Ranch, of all places — and learned all sorts of things about setting up soft boxes and staging a scene for portraits. All went well — my husband and daughter attended with me and assisted in taking candid photographs. However, when I got home I realized that the birthday girl’s glasses had some sort of coating on them that reflected the soft box lights GREEN! I stayed up past 2am editing out the alien eyes, and … Continue reading Lessons and Reflections
A hot cast iron skillet leaves a burn behind when it’s inadvertently touched, and the person who did the touching involuntarily jerks back the burned hand…and the brain remembers: touching hot pans brings on pain. A lesson is learned. But wounds are not always physical. Some of the harshest pain is emotional. When a person lashes out at another through words and deeds, the resulting scars are borne for a lifetime. Every instance of emotional and verbal abuse leaves behind a heart that becomes less and less willing to fully trust, to engage, to live. Sooner or later, even though … Continue reading Words
The failings of our country are not solely President Obama’s fault. They aren’t even the fault of Congress or the judicial system, although all three play a part in our collective depression. The ones we really need to examine are the ones who look back at us when we look into a mirror — ourselves. It all started with this article by conservative columnist Frank Turek in which he blames the church — that is, the entire body of Christ, no matter what flavor or denomination — for the current failings of our country. Specifically, he points to the way … Continue reading Finding the Sacred
One of my all-time favorite movies is Dirty Dancing. I was a dancer as a youngling and grew quite famous for it in my former imaginary life. I watched and re-watched Flashdance and Fame (the old versions) and still harbor a secret desire to learn how to do the Salsa with my hubby. So when reviewing the images I took of my daughter during one of her skating lessons yesterday, this one made my heart jump all the way into my throat: When exactly did my little girl get so grown up? She’s almost as tall as her coach! When … Continue reading Tick Tock
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