I do realize the irony of posting a photo essay immediately following my last post, but hey: I'm okay with that. I just returned from spending a few days on a girls' weekend with friends -- two moms and three daughters -- in Fairmont Hot Springs, BC, where I shot these pictures of the girls … [Read more...]

We had taken a 2 hour hike along the Chilkhoot trail in Skagway, Alaska, then climbed into a raft to float down the Tyrie River. Our guide warned us that if we hit any large protrusion at high speed the raft would fold and we could end up in the 36 F water. He would scream "bump" if this happened so … [Read more...]

We are day 1 at sea on a cruise ship heading for Alaska from Vancouver. Last night I slept with the balcony door wide open and my eyes as well. There is a pervasive feeling that you don't want to miss anything when you are in a faraway place. Sleep is for the spoiled. I watched as the … [Read more...]

Let's face it - we spend most of our days bleeding cash for things that don't excite. Braces for kids, new roof, weeping tile ( weeping hysterically, actually), orthotics, textbooks, trapping racoons that weren't invited to the picnic and insurance just in case. So when an offer comes along to … [Read more...]

This was said to me so many times when I was a kid an outsider may have thought it was my  given name.While sensitivity can be hard thing to accept in yourself, it can also be a gift. On one hand you share your tears with people who don't deserve them, feel the world's pain too much, and often … [Read more...]