transitions

by | Jan 20, 2009 | breathe

Winter descended overnight and is still shedding her evidence all over town. As we prepare to witness the peaceful exchange of power in our country, the snow is a reminder of a greater truth. There is One who longs to bless, to blanket our days with peace and...

The Man is at the game edition

by | Jan 17, 2009 | friendship

Did I ever mention the results of the Weblog Awards? It was a strong third place finish for Chatting at the Sky. Thank you all for voting. Receiving 2,891 votes is no small feat. And even though I lost by a good six thousand votes, I am happy with a bronze medal...

I hereby declare skates are from the devil

by | Jan 16, 2009 | family

What has 16 wheels, four eyes and speaks fluent Whine?The twins wearing the worst Christmas gift ever. Back in August when they first asked for skates, I am confident they had visions of gliding down a smooth road at warp speed, waving at smiling dogs and happy...

Tips for the Lazy Photographer: A Series

by | Jan 14, 2009 | art, photography

Photography is not my profession. I have never taken a class or read a book about photography. I have never read the manual that came with my camera. I don’t know a lot of the technical terms, I shoot mostly in automatic and I utilize only 20% of my awesome...

new look, old fears

by | Jan 12, 2009 | courage, writing

I’m standing at the edge of change here on this Monday morning. And I don’t want to jump.It has been in the works for a while now, these changes. The first was hurried along a few months ago when a new reader commented, asking if I was a scrapper...