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  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected (‘er maybe not)

    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/photo-challenge-unexpected/

  • Make-A-Wish, Mashable and Bat Kid

    No doubt many of you have seen the efforts of Mashable to spread the word about Miles, the little boy with leukemia, who’s express desire to the  Make-A-Wish Foundation was to be Batkid for a day. This morning I saw, to my absolute delight, the MOVIE TRAILER, made by YouTube user SandD2012… Where there may…

  • Joy

    A few pictures and then some words: For the last year I have been on a journey to figure out my “creative self”. I know I love to work with, and photograph, kids. I also feel really good supporting the work of local organizations and I would do just about anything for free. This is…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers (Inspired by A Remark You Made)

      There are many ways to consider “layers”. The beauty of the photography by fellow blogger, ‘A Remark You Made’, made me think about a young man I know who wanted to be photographed wearing angel wings. His life is a tangle of layers; adoption, sexual identity, self-expression, culture… Layers by a Remark You Made:…

  • Friday Night: Food Trucks, Beer and Heavy Metal

    The Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill & Food Truck at Summit Brewery According to Noise Creep.com the top ten metal songs of the 1980’s include ‘Nothin’ But a Good Time’ — Poison, ‘One’ — Metallica ‘Bringin’ on the Heartbreak’, and Dr. Feelgood’ — Mötley Crüe. The music was definitely pumped up metal as we walked…

  • Courage… Finding the Way with Alzheimer’s

    Bailey Wacholz was 14 when her dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Even though she and her mom Pam noticed changes, the diagnosis was not immediate. As the family wrestled with the new challenges in their world they reached out to the Alzheimer’s Association. Like others who contact the Association, Pam and Bailey felt they found…

  • Chanel No. 5, Mother, and Mark’s birthday

      My mother wore Chanel No 5 all her life. I recall, as a kid, wondering why anyone would splash on toilet water! Gross! I could never figure out how something that smelled so lovely had such a dumb name. Yesterday, while looking for something to wear to yet another job interview, I was inexplicably drawn…

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Post in Memory

    This morning’s obituary section listed a gentleman with whom I am acquainted. At 52, his career accomplishments are impressive. A loving family is left with memories of a talented, devoted father and husband. He died, of course, too young. What the article does not mention is that he was a childhood cancer survivor. There are…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

    Morning/ Love http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/weekly-photo-challenge-habit/

  • Ms. Louie…set to music