I bought this book–A Journey Through Literary America–as a gift to myself directly from the website, on sale and autographed. But it’s also available on Amazon. It’s “a literary pilgrimage in photography and prose.” Thomas Hummel (writer) and Tamra Dempsey (photographer) set out to find the stories and explore the places that inspired 26 of […]
Old Jeans, New Jeans (A Poetry Prompt)
Old Jeans, New Jeans We traveled from up north and downstate, met in the middle of the mitten for family time at an indoor waterpark. Then, after showers and pizza (cheese, veggie, and meat supreme), we cut shoe patterns out of old jeans in our hotel room to give some soles some hope. The grandgirl grimaced […]
doors: a photo and poetry prompt
Doors, real and imagined. They invite and shut out. They can lead to life or to death, to the past and to the future, to longing or loneliness, to hope and sometimes despair. Doors handle memories and opportunities. These are just some of the doors I saw last year–in my home, in my yard, in […]
still saturday: walk with me
No words today. I just want to walk with you a ways down my road and marvel in the mundane. I want to notice the unnoticed and see the unseen. To listen and just breathe. Walk with me? (Oops. I guess those were words.) Click on photos to enlarge. Still noticing, Sandy Welcome to Still […]
booked: grace quotes
The human impulse to create and find meaning is a gift of grace. Grace is the opposite of “expectations” because it is so, well, unexpected. And, interestingly enough, grace is at the center of Great Expectations. ~Karen Swallow Prior, Booked, Chapter 4, “The Magic of Story: Great Expectations” What I came to understand […]
Scripture Sunday: Inner Beauty
What matters is not your outer appearance— the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes— but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. ~1 Peter 1:3-4 (Message) Joining Kelly and Claire and Sarah as they photographically respond to a quote by Mary […]
The Gift of Paying Attention
I don’t remember now when I first started to pay attention. When I first picked up the baby camera and started to see through a new lens. Took those first steps. When I started to look for details or to see in a new light. My husband, ever patient, waits as I trail behind […]
Saturday’s Health Snippet: One Simple Way to De-Frazzle
“Stop! Back up!” The car skidded to a stop in the dirt. Dennis backed up, and I jumped out, camera in hand. He patiently (I think) followed me down the long drive, stopped and waited while I tiptoed through mud and scrambled over briars seeking beauty in the broken and the barren and the brown. […]
Saturday Snaps: Some Seasonal Favs From 2011
WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL Love to you,
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: White as Snow
Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. Isaiah 1:18 ~NIV
