Where would we be without our friends? Coach Laurie Hardie is a podcaster, broadcast professional, and self-published author with many years of experience on Seattle radio. If you are in the Seattle area, you might have heard her giving the traffic reports. Whenever I turn on the radio to find Laurie, I feel happy. I …
On January 2, 2025, we flew out of SeaTac but not before discovering that the airport is celebrating its 75th birthday. I asked the engineer to snap my photo in front of the sign. Why? Because I, too, am celebrating my 75th year. It seemed appropriate to mark the occasion with some community building at …
Who listened to your dreams when you were a child? A grandmother? A favorite auntie? A neighbor? Were you listened to by anybody? Somebody special? What comes to mind when you think about this special person who gave you an audience? Aunt Charlotte’s house shines in my remembrance as a bright and welcoming space for …
Driving down Evergreen Way today, I stopped at JoAnn Fabrics to find suitable fabric to cover the book-signing table for my book launch events. Before I walked into the store and even as I walked up and down the aisles with my eyes scanning for bolts of royal blue, I kept hearing the name Hobby …
Have you noticed how fragile the family unit is these days? Who do you know who is called toxic, ghosted, and denied access to their grandchildren? What family do you know who has lost a child to suicide? Who in your circle has a daughter who has not spoken to her mom in 15 years? …
As you are well aware, I thrive on photography. It has become my passion to release beauty through the lens. With sadness, I read this week that the photo of the little girl crying at the border is only part of the story. She was not separated from her mother. She was, however, separated from …
On Thursday evening July 14, I sat in a local church listening to the heart of a missionary couple. This couple, William and Larisa, called to the Middle East, does grass roots ministry with the flexibility and nimbleness of a four year old on a jungle gym. And they have eight children in tow! Yes, …
The power of red is unmistakeable. Recently I read about a photographer who entered many photo contests and never seemed to win. He did some visual research of the winning entries and noted they all contained a pop of red. What to do? He started entering photos with — you guessed it — a pop …
This week I have been attending a photography workshop on creating a Fine Art Book. Yes, I am capitalizing those three words. What I am learning is beyond just printing up a book of pictures. Oh yah! Streeeeeeetch! Do you hear my brain stretching? It is… We are meeting at the Pacific Rim Institute for …
“The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. He summons the heavens above, …