Way back when, a few months after I first started following the blog of the talented mentor and friend, Melissa Jill, I borrowed (not stole, ’cause Melissa’s the first to encourage you to share in this industry ), the idea of adapting a 101 in 1001 list.
What, exactly, is that? Many of you...
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Posted in Personal
Today marked the first day I’ve ran in 10 days (thanks to last week’s evil bug). It also marked the first time I’ve been outdoors to run all year. If you live in the Midwest or are a follower on the East Coast, well, you know about this thing we’ve been trying to get rid...
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Monday, March 1, 2010 Posted in Personal
1) Be yourself.
What do we do as creative types? We compare ourselves to everybody else out there who’s chasing the same dream. As photographers, none of us are going to be Nate and Jaclyn Kaiser or Jasmine Star. There’s only one of ‘em. Musicians know they’re never going to be Queen or The Rolling...
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Friday, February 26, 2010 Posted in Personal
I’m sure a few ladies out there will “Tsk tsk” me over my thoughts on this one, but as I head out tonight with girlfriends for Mexican food and a showing of “Valentine’s Day,” I couldn’t help but share. You see, in every couple’s relationship, there are quirky rules. And one of them in the...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Posted in Personal
“I’llbeokayI’mjustgonnaliedownforaminute.” That’s what I remember telling Nick last night before I flopped over on the couch last night around 7, letting the waves of a nasty flu bug envelope me.
It was that kind of sick where you can’t get up from the sofa, the TV is on the entire time, and you have long stretches...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010 Posted in Personal
At some point today the clock will turn and tell me it’s my birthday. That on this date, in 1982, I was born. And that I’m now officially 28 years old. (Which, seriously, How did that happen?).
If I could make one wish (because that’s what people tell you to do on your birthday), it’d involve...
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Sunday, February 14, 2010 Posted in Personal
This year, for Valentine’s Day, there will be no cards.
No roses. No jewelry. No fancy meal out.
Instead there will be dreams of macaroons split on a summer afternoon in Paris.
And cake.
Specifically, this cake.
And that, my friends, will be more than enough to satisfy us.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 Posted in Personal
Dear Right-Hand Index Finger,
First of all, let me apologize. I was in a hurry. Trying to toss the chicken, peppers and onions for those fajitas on a scalding hot skillet AND attempting to multi-task? That was dumb of me. I shouldn’t have tried to cut open that pack of Organic Valley cheddar at the same...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Posted in Personal
I miss the scent of his aftershave that lingers in the bathroom after he gets ready.
I miss the smell of the bacon he fries and the eggs he makes and the way he sits perched on a barstool reading the newspaper each morning.
I miss hearing him laugh in the other room over some ridiculous Internet...
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Saturday, February 6, 2010 Posted in Personal
You desperately needed a reminder from God that for all the other days winter is a pain in the butt, there are a few that can still leave you in wonderment.
You have a Subaru Outback with four-wheel-drive your husband wants to test out on the roads shouting “I LOVE THIS CAR!” as he plows through...
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