her first music festival

This is day two. She walked into the art studio this morning, asking for my glitter. When i saw her, i thought, wow…before i say a word “mom, you should have seen how cool everyone looked yesterday.” and began to describe all that she had seen, or at least the best of it. i don’t…

“hold me closer, tiny dancer…”

Elton John’s Tiny Dancer. this is the song that pops into my head when i finished editing this shot. most of my teens, i spent laying on the living room rug, blasting ‘Madman across the Water’ i can buy it on Amazon, used vinyl for $1.25 or i can buy it NEW for the incredibly…

words are mightier than a sword

“the pen is mightier than the sword” well, of course it is. the sword was created for one thing only, to destroy. the pen…words can both destroy or create. words can contain incredible power. words can be used to decimate, dominate, debilitate & bring you to your knees. and once you’ve hit the floor, some…

the sun & me, we danced.

& we had a ball. There is one square mirror, my brain keeps trying to convince me, that looks like Mona Lisa’s eye peeking at me from within the ball. But that cannot be…because she is in the Louvre. Do you see her?

and then she danced

I had a shoot at a school today. A guest was to appear, one who taught children to use a hula hoop. A few of the younger grades lined up in a long row on the gym floor. Once we were settled, a teacher asked the woman to show the children what she can do…