Faded Beauties
Seafoam melamine in its prime. I really like the slightly marbled seafoam color. My grandmommy and her mother served us fruit salad and cereal out of bowls like this. It’s…
Documenting the Everyday
This one is of my mother’s necklace. I’m thirty days into the 365 project and am getting faster at composing my photos and editing. I’m also no longer cringing at…
90 Years
Yesterday Papaw turned 90. So today he’d say he’s practically 91. I’ve always loved visiting my grandparents home, I’d always come home smelling a little of his pipe smoke. He…
Togetherness
Having lived away from my family for several years, I try to make the most of being back at my hometown. What a blessing to be able to sit on…
Through My Daughter’s Eyes
When my daughter was born everything about my life came into focus. If ever I had trouble sensing the choice and the value of each of my actions, if ever…
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Hand-Me-Down Seeds
It’s my first time to save seeds from my little garden. The little garden that could. I ordered heirloom seeds and a book on growing and harvesting seeds. When they…
Happy Birthday, Dad
He grew up in a poor family of 11 on what was literally the wrong side of the tracks- the country side. The country kids swam in the city’s reservoir…
Summer Games
Seems like we don’t play as much during the school year. A few of our favorites: Rummikub Uno Blind man’s bluff with all the lights out Bottom Wars on the…
Mindful Living
The last month I have slowed down on projects. Instead I have made time to just be and consider how I’m living: I see a need to rest more….