Laura and Karl are awesome. And pretty much make everything they do more fun. I told Laura when I sent her the photos, that they really have something wonderful and it just pours through the camera. When I asked them what they like to do together, they listed their joint hobbies (like biking – Karl...
Because of the holiday, I found it difficult to get some ideas written down in any kind of form I felt comfortable with putting on a blog. Thus we are a week behind in our 52 week project. I ask pardon, and shamelessly offer a deal: two beautiful photographs by my sister, and a short...
Sometimes I feel like I stumbled upon my creativity. Like I didn’t really know it was there and then one day – Hello, Creativity. My name’s Vanessa. I don’t want to be too clingy since we just met and all but would you like to become a huge part of my life? I imagine that’s...
Pigeons find their way home, period. You can humanely box them up, literally blindfold them, interfere with their ability to hear or smell. Fly them in a plane thousands of miles away. Open the box. No matter where you’ve taken them, land or sea, they know their homeward direction. Envious? I know I am. There...
Ask Smokey the Bear the particulars about fire, and I can pretty much guarantee your answer. “Even you can prevent forest fires”. Helpful, there Smokey. Fire infiltrates our language and thoughts and lives completely and paradoxically. “Don’t play with fire”, they say. When caught, anything can “go up in flames”. Fire is intoxicating because of...
