We were honored to be featured in this month's Professional Photographer magazine in "The Goods" section. What makes your workflow flow?Outsourcing what we can such as photo editing and album design and focusing on mastering the images that make us...
Saturn on 5/22/08
Well, I saw the ISS with my eyes, but I mis-set the telescope for tracking and I was never able to catch up with it. I’ll have a couple more chances in the next few days so maybe...
Sunset on 5/22/08
Any really colorful sunset is normally bad news for stargazing. It sure was beatiful, though.
The ISS is going to be out tonight, very bright at about 9:30. It should be bright enough to be seen through the clouds....
I let Drew introduce this post?:) Don't you think it is about time?!?Look at me! This is the very first time I ever tried climbing onto something; and of course, Mommy had to take a picture!Cool, I made it!!!Oh shoot!...
Here are a couple of slightly strange links, but worthwhile. I don't know much about this artist, but it's some nice surrealist fare. (There's more on the site where this came from). And here's a slightly terrifying investigation of some Beijing...
Meet the Independent Political Report (IPR). I like it already. (HT: the inimitable Richard Winger, who also brings news that pertinent parts of the Libertarian National Convention will be broadcast on C-SPAN)...
Your humble blogger has long been under the impression that local officials are powerless to stop the spread of title-pawn and check-cashing businesses; that state lawmakers would be the ones to regulate them. A few weeks ago, though, a story ran...
David Oatney, on the close of the Legislature's session: "The 105th General Assembly of the State of Tennessee yesterday adjourned sine die. They did so without raising taxes. Yes, miracles still happen."...
"Only a few years ago, on the night of Bush’s victory in 2004, the conservative movement seemed indomitable... Conservatives knew how to win elections; however, they turned out not to be very interested in governing." Hit up The New Yorker for...
Just wanted to post this pic of the world's longest pedestrian bridge. I got engaged there! (Yes I know a thousand other people have too, but hey its a great place!)
Click through to vote for it on JPG magazine (shameless...
Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. ~Lou Erickson
After the poison ivy scare of 2008*, I suited up in long sleeves and finished clearing out the mass of growth behind our house....
Mandy's vocabulary has expanded to three words - she has uh-oh, pronounced "ah-hoe," mama and today we have added good-bye, pronounced "ga-bye." The only thing she knows about uh-oh is that it is appropriate when an object goes to the...
These are a few pics of our last visit with Ginny, (Josh's sweet mom)... or Marmie, as Lavender and all the Grand kids call her.Please pray for her and all her loved ones right now. She is in the ICU...
Widgets & Stone partners with AIGA Chattanooga to bring in Marty Neumeier’s renowned brand coaching team Widgets & Stone is pleased to sponsor two branding workshops for business leaders and branding professionals on Thursday, September 11, 2008. Workshops will include a...
Fuller’s last swim class was yesterday. Here he is with a smile on his face:
The truth is, the class ended in tears. They didn’t use their swim bubbles which seemed to make Fuller really nervous. But it reaffirms my thoughts...
Our family recently spotted a Northern Flicker enjoying a feast of ants (Please...help yourself...it's an 'all you can eat' buffet!) in our side yard! We have seen her several times, but we're still not sure where she's living...but we do...
about a month ago I wrote a whole bunch of songs (with words), almost at once. that was a lot of fun, but almost just as suddenly I stopped. I actually remember feeling one day “it’s gone” although that may...
aka So what if I'm stalking Paula Deen?
Concluding my Top Ten Highlights from the Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show
[3] Rubbin' shoulders with Paula Deen.
When you spend even a few minutes with Paula, these are the things you discover:
She likes to...
I’ve been learning in lots of ways that I need more and more humility. some of this has been quite significant, and it’s an ongoing process. as pastor Cal said Sunday (I’ll paraphrase)…why do I try to do so much...
I couldn’t resist. I’ve been raving about this movie since I first saw it and I just wanted to share my opinion with the friends and strangers who happen upon my blog:
Iron Man!
As a lover of action/adventure films and...
Every morning I love checking my google reader and usually check out what the Shutter Sisters are up to. I find inspiration from the photos as well as the words.
Yesterday’s post was especially inspiring since we are leaving tomorrow...
It is heartbreaking to learn that Steven Curtis Chapman's 5-year-old daughter was killed yesterday in an auto accident. Apparently, her older brother did not see her in the driveway and backed over her. A friend and I were recently at...
Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, 'Esther, I'd like to ride in that helicopter.' Esther always replied, 'I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy- winning
Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed
Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities
said. (Click for rest of story.)
Anguished prayers for a family who doesn't...
So the 'rents are going out of town for like two weeks, which means I'll be rattling around this house by myself. Granted, it's not a very big house... but for one person? Too big. I'm not...
I woke up this morning determined to produce lots of new jewelry, and I did. But my day just ended now at 9:30…arghh…I am tired.
These last few days have been hard, creatively speaking. Being creative every day for your job...
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