We took the boys to Ocean City, NJ this past Friday night and headed directly to the amusement park there.  My sons have come to know and love the rides at this place, so it’s always fun to see them get amped up as we head there.  My husband went to Ocean City, NJ for a week in the summer [...]

As technology gets more and more sophisticated… … there is nothing more miraculous to me than seeing my Dad on Christmas Day 1959.  Smiling.  Kissing.  Loving.  Being. There is no speech to describe it. We are coming to the 36th anniversary of my Dad’s death.  This week. This old “speechless” film that meant so much to my Dad makes me [...]

I was born in Michigan on a cold day in October 1952. My Mom remembers the snowy night my grandfather drove her to the hospital to wait for me. She and my older brother (well, older as in 16 months old) were staying with my Dad’s parents on their farm. My Dad was in the Navy and out-to-sea… far, far [...]

I capture things. I capture things in photographs and video. I can’t remember not being the capturer of things. But I don’t think I really knew why.  Until today. I stumbled upon an old video cassette (the VCR kind) while cleaning.  But it wasn’t just any video cassette.  It was labeled #1… and I knew immediately that this was the [...]

Watching Audrey & Matt and their 4 boys pile into the bright red Twizzlers Landmark Summer van, ready to head to the Landmark City of Washingon, D.C., put the biggest smile on my face! Yep, maybe it IS a delicious twist of fate that this wonderful van, detailed with a map of the United States, and this wonderful Landmark Summer [...]

Last week, I wrote about the Button Tin that had belonged to my late mother-in-law Flo. I know she was sifting through those buttons with me… because I had a special little project going on for her precious great-grandchildren. NanaFlo’s love for her great-grandchildren was, and still is, bigger than all the button tins on earth and in heaven combined. [...]

William’s first day of school was today… the BIG Kindergarten!  Drop-off was pretty straight-forward.  William didn’t cry. Shockingly, I didn’t cry either.  It was a big moment for him, but he was ready for it. VERY ready for it… so I think that made it much easier for me.  We took a ba-zillion photos.  I took about 20 minutes worth [...]

It began with balls. Softballs, that is. One evening last week I was walking with my granddaughter Taylor after her softball game, and she was telling me about how she was named Most Valuable Player at her previous softball game. Excitedly, I said, “Did you get the Game Ball?” Taylor said that they didn’t give Game Balls, but she was [...]

One of my good friends (thank you Lindsay Lu!) made this for me (and one for my sister, too)… It was taken at Jeff Pulver’s 140 Conference last June in NYC. It was that very trip that made Jane decide she wanted to move to NYC. I’ll never forget the feeling that went through my body when my sister told [...]

In the 5 months that I have lived in NYC, I have not spent many of my weekends here (cue a raised-eyebrow “You don’t say?” from my co-workers, who often see me lugging my weekend travel bag into the office on Fridays). In fact, I can probably count the number of weekends on one hand. I don’t regret that; it’s [...]