Which moments have shaped me?
… learning to drive a standard
… conversation with an eldery nun in india
… seeing the ocean for the first time when i was 20
… summer as a camp counselor
… learning to let go
… living without a car
… falling in love
… being hurt by love
… watching the sunrise over the himalayians
… spending a week in a foreign hospital
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Life is forever changed and more beautiful with Isabella in the Inskeep clan. After recording their life together as an anticipating couple, I was also lucky enough to spend a morning with Tana and Steve and week old Isabella. I attempted to capture her small size and baby beauty by taking more photos than I ever had in a session... I just couldn't help myself! Using a warming pad under blankets, we kept her little body warm and she sleepily cooperated with us moving and shifting her around. Steve and Tana, you've given an incredible gift to the world through this...
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i’ve found a new iphone app that i love and have been enjoying the freedom of photos on the go. after 3-see.com, i was a bit burned out by a photo a day and the expectation i had to take a photo everyday with a “real” camera. but with photo/editing/posting in my fingertips without putting my fingers on my computer, you better believe, a photo a day hasn’t stopped. Read More
spring arrived in the bay area. i think it must have traveled in with daylight savings time for they seemed to make their appearance at the same time. the green of the plants and the blue of the sky wave at me from my bed and invite me to begin the day with more energy and purpose than the gray of the winter emanates. and with the sun comes forth an energy of a new start, a fresh beginning. at the new year, we feel the same potential, but it is more internal, a latent hope for what could be....
Read Morei used to fill whole journals in a month. writing was not a chore or a task but a tool to process... a way of working through the seemingly insignificant and the knowingly significant moments of life. i didn't know what i was thinking until i took the time to write it out and process it by pen. but today, my journal remains empty. wait, i take that back. it's full, but not as it used to be. you see, i divided it into two parts: internal and external the external contained the tasks of my day, the lists of my projects, the...
Read Morei spent a year with eric in india... now he spends his years in a boat he owns in washington. when he's not civil engineering the world, he's making music... and i now know... he's making it with his boat. enjoy his creativity and thoughtful lyrics. you can find some of his other clever creations HERE. and notice the album cover? i was happy to help out!
the first month in 2010 has contained more than any january i've ever had before... 'read' 9 books for two january-term intensive classes. fav HERE and HERE officially starting a consulting company. kellen paul turned me into an aunt. drove to the sequoias but never got to see them. bought a new camera. spent a week in the biggest LA rainstorm ever. made many new protege friends. had a positive net worth for the first time in months. began volunteering at a food distribution center. enjoyed celebrating the new year with him. decided i'm going to collect antique colored bottles. found security in losing control. rebranded for Rebuild Sudan (old website) bikram 'hot' yoga... 110 degrees with stinky sweaty bodies. hiked mt. diablo on new...
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