We were sitting in the blessedly cool Grandstand, a section of which had been transformed into the Allison Miner Music Heritage Stage, listening to Shawn Colvin talk about her music, and her song If I Were Brave, especially the lyric observing “all the happy couples on the way New Orleans.” And in that moment I [...]
We’re back from a wonderful weekend in the Crescent City by the river. It’s amazing how tacking on one extra day to your weekend trip can make it feel like it stretched on for almost a week. We came home in the wee hours to a dark house and a confused cat and it seemed [...]
We know now that a positive home pregnancy test doesn’t necessarily mean you’re having a baby in nine months. We know now that loss finds you in unexpected ways. We know now what D&C stands for. And what it’s like. We know now that there’s nothing pretty or insignificant about miscarriage. We know now that [...]
Last year’s Jazz Fest was quite the learning experience for me. My dad and I went together as part test dummies, part recon men. We were trying it on for size. See, ever since my grandma passed away in 2008, my family hasn’t had a concrete reason to go down to New Orleans every year [...]
{Photo credit} This weekend was a fairly low key one for me and the hubs, which was good in that it gave my mind plenty of time to wander and ramble and dream, but bad in that it left me far too much free time to watch the 16 and Pregnant marathon that MTV has [...]
Well, the Key lime cake was finally made. Aforementioned, super-elusive Key limes were found, the cake was made, and honestly? It fell a bit short of totally amazing for me. And I say for me in Italics for two reasons. A) Everyone in my brood seemed to really like it (I don’t tend to go [...]
Saturday found me, the husband, and my parents (visiting for the weekend) in Rockport, Mass. It was a blissful afternoon of wandering one of the North Shore’s loveliest seaport towns and these are my favorite shots from the day. I really need to make a point of getting out and about with my camera more [...]
