Yellow flowers and blue skies

Spring has sprung and while I am enjoying being out and about in the sunshine, I cannot help but think about the people of Ukraine. I was on my walk today, listening to an episode of the NYT Daily where they talked to Lynnsey Addario, who made the absolutely devastating photo of the family of […]

*tap tap* is this thing still on?

Hello! The website has a whole new look, thanks to the efforts of Jessica Shepard. I wanted to show off the lovely people I have photographed over the last 15 years and also have a tiny home on the internet that is all mine. Do take a few minutes to check it out! Before I […]

One More Day

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This is it. Your very last day of elementary school is here. I still remember crying like a fool, writing One More Day, the night before you got on the yellow school bus to go to kindergarten. I was sad for weeks. I missed you, my buddy, my sidekick. I loved running errands with you […]

Dear 12 year old

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Dear 12 year old, You were born in America. You were born with a Dad and a Mom. You were born with college educated parents. You were born with parents who care deeply about you. You were born with aunts and uncles and grandparents that care deeply about you. You were born in a country […]

Choose Good

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Dear girls, We must choose good. Many times during the day we face a choice between taking the easy path, the incorrect one or the good one. Choose good. Just this simple act of taking a second to make the right choice, and doing that over and over again, will make you into the people […]

5 Day Trips in and around DC.

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Hi friends, This Spring Break we decided to staycation. Luckily we had fantastic weather and the kids are at great ages where they can keep going all day, they are learning history in school so they are keenly interested in things that five years ago would not have held their interest. So here are some […]