The summer season offers us opportunities, wrapped in sunshine, beyond our normal experience. The blur of passing scapes paired with a good tune creates whimsy...

Take me someplace where we can be silent together. ― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things We left for New Mexico before the sun, my one...

When I got to New Mexico that was mine. As soon as I saw it that was my country. I’d never seen anything like it...

I know. I know. We’re into the first week of 2013 and I’m still talking about  Christmas. Here’s the thing: Christmas isn’t a day or...

After having four kids (whom I love desperately), I have new perspective when we get to travel without them: Eat. It. Up. Mark and I...

Blythe, this last year as I watched you shoot out of your lingering baby chubs and try to bite apples with missing front teeth, I...

October sailed right past us this year filled with sporadic puffs of cool air (one even requiring winter jackets). As a result, we spent much...

Everything ends at some point. Some endings bring relief, like the end of childbirth or a difficult test or race, while other endings cause a...

I imagined this summer differently a few months ago. Mark had a full summer of classes planned and our family budget had dramatically shrunk this...

Wow. It’s July. I know, technically it’s time for another {this moment} but I’ve noticed myself succumbing to the ease of photo blogging and failing...