The last few years I've had the luxury of an extended Christmas break. Generally I've been out of town, only to return the day before New Year's to celebrate with friends. This year, I returned almost immediately after the holidays and have been back at work during this gap between Christmas and New Year's day (although I've been working from the home office...
It's always a bit of an adjustment after spending days with my family. Some things I am ecstatic to return to, like my mattress or my own bathroom. But other things I look forward to less, like being in an empty apartment without any siblings to make fun of. At times I think it would be nice for more of my family to...
Drove home (or rather was driven) today by my chum of all chums Wade.We made it in good time and now I'm chillin' like a villain with my family. It should be a fun few days. ...
I think I say this every year around this time, but I really love wrapping presents. It's sort of a guilty pleasure of mine. I say guilty, because it seems like a sort of frivolous thing to take pleasure in doing especially when so much wrapping paper is thrown away every year. I like it when gifts are presented prettily though, so I...
I asked the gentleman yesterday if my pictures told a story. I was curious to know whether or not other people think that my images create some sort of narrative. I'd certainly like them to.Of course the gentleman was busy at the time and wasn't able to answer my question as completely as I might have liked. So I was left wondering. Now...
On Saturday night Team Awesome Bowling Club was brought back to life. The boys and I used to go out once a week last year and we always had fun. But then summer rolled around and it was too nice to spend our evenings inside a bowling alley. So we put the little bowling club on hiatus. After a few failed attempts this...
Earlier in the week I was reading some blogs of these extra stylish ladies around the world and I started to feel a little unremarkable. It was as if my life was a little bit bland, being lit by horrid overhead fluorescent lights instead of pretty sunlight filtered through a sheer curtain. For a brief period I felt completely plain and boring and...
It is a mere technicality that winter does not officially begin until the 21st of December. I've always found that to be a bit ridiculous, because I've always lived places where autumn is fleeting and is almost always ended early with the abrupt arrival of the ice and snow. Of course what comes with all this ice and snow is the cold and...
There was a brief time this past summer and fall where my trusty SLR went unused. It was the blasted gadget called the iPhone that was to blame, it being small and capable of some stunning photographic results with only a few simple taps of a finger.Exhibit A.Exhibit B.Exhibit C.Exhibit D.Exhibit E.In fact, the results from the iPhone were so consistently lovely that...
And just like that it's winter. Talking about the weather seems like a pretty boring thing to do, but when you're as moody as I am, then the change in seasons is a big enough deal to require some sort of cathartic release. The one consolation of all this new snow and the cold has been that it's sunny. Clean, fresh snow and...
