The Snapshots

It’s the week before Christmas, and all thorough my mother in law’s house, I’m coughing and sneezing, and really just trying not to get everyone else sick. I’m not myself. My voice is almost gone. My head is stopped up. My face is swollen. I’m hopped up on cold medicine. And I’m borderline hibernating until [...]

On my 40th birthday, I wore Jenny’s Traveling Red Dress. And today, as I watch Harry get ready for tonight (Darth Vader in the house!), I’m reminded that there’s power in putting on a costume. I wrote about it today on Hitting Refresh. “I know tonight, as little kids everywhere don their fantastical princess outfits, [...]

Dudes, I’m so behind. So so far behind. Behind on doing my to-do lists. Behind on re-doing the house. Behind on my reading. On training for my next 5K. On waching my DVR recordings. On this blog. Do you ever feel that way? You know. That way, where you have so many things to do, [...]

Dear Kirtsy: After years of being meh to ARGGHH! about the looks you, I must say, I’m pretty much obsessed with your aesthetics these days. I set you as my home page to greet me each morning, because, well you’re so shiny. And happy. And MWAH! I could just to eat you up. But not [...]

Did I ever tell you about the day I met Wendi McLendon-Covey and she said that she would be my best friend forever? Well, that shit happened, y’all. After some negotiation, I said she would have to share the spot with my other BFF Jenny…(if only because Jenny helped me come up with my questions [...]

Photo by Karen Walrond. We are spending this last weekend of summer with good friends in Port Aransas. The beach rental is gorgeous. The rum punch is plentiful. And I can’t emphasize enough how great it is to travel with friends who are photographers. Pressure’s off. I’m not going to take one photo while I’m [...]

Sometimes I download photos from my camera and find random snapshots that Harry has taken. It’s interesting to see the world from smaller eyes. Eyes that are lower to the ground. And seeing everything. He wants a camera for his birthday. Oh Lord. Help us.

The people on the right side of this photo are my siblings. That’s me on the left. This is us circa 1981. And this weekend, 30 years later, we’re all at the same beach with all of our kids. Us plus five. Wouldn’t it be fun to re-enact this shot? I sorta doubt that’s going [...]

We went camping this weekend. I can now check that off the list. I have a lot of things to say about this adventure. But really, this photo should convey at least 1,000 words of it. To sum up: Camping is for the birds. Big birds, ready to party.