It’s the first day of April and this is what I saw outside my kitchen window this morning. April Showers or April Fools? It is beautiful, but not the type of April scene I’d hoped for. The snow we received yesterday, cold temperatures last night and today, and expected snow Read more…
I wasn’t sure what to write about this week but I knew I wanted to share some of my recent Makers’ Hands photographs from sessions with generous artists in February and March. The first photos I looked at were of a friend getting a tattoo that said “Joyful and Grateful.” Read more…
Serendipity = Intention + Work + Connection A long time ago I dreamed that someday my photographs would be bought by the Minneapolis Art Institute or some other repository of art. I didn’t know how I might achieve that dream and in fact the dream receded quietly into the back Read more…
The other day as I was stepping outside the house I looked up to see a group of trumpeter swans flying over my head. With their raucous honking it was impossible to miss hearing and seeing them. They were flying low enough that their tremendous size and wingspan was easy Read more…
Feeling Grateful — Counting Blessings It’s been a good (and challenging) week and I’m feeling grateful for many things: Family dinners with our kids and their significant others. I’m feeling so grateful that both our daughters live in the Twin Cities area and we are able to spend time with them Read more…