by minervarising | Dec 3, 2012 | Blog, Staff Blog
Today’s quote had to do with many dramatic situations beginning with screaming. It was a quote from Jane Fonda whom I remember my mother screaming about and I’m not talking about Make It Burn Jane Fonda as in my mother was not screaming because her buns...
by Kim Brown | Nov 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Now that Thanksgiving is over it’s full steam ahead to the next big holiday. And for me it’s even more complicated because all three of my children have birthdays between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So once I’m done with one...
by Michelle Orr | Nov 12, 2012 | Blog, Photography, Staff Blog
I didn’t think much about photography until 5 years ago. I was going on my first trip to Paris! Paris, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I didn’t even own a camera, so two weeks before I left I went out and bought myself my first point-and-shoot. I land...
by minervarising | Nov 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
“I started a story one time about a woman who was living in a tree. It seems she had accidentally moved there, having gone outdoors one day and just not wanted to go back in. She liked living up higher and she liked that the tree cleaned itself. She “grocery...
by Kim Brown | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Things are changing. I can’t put my finger on specifically what it is. But I feel it when I wake up in the morning. I hear it in the rustle of the breeze through the trees. I see it in the color of the leaves. There’s a pregnant pause. A calm before the...
by Michelle Orr | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been reading a book called “One Person/Multiple Careers: The Original Guide to the Slash Career (Volume 1)” by Marci Alboher. I can’t recall where I heard about it, but the concept was intriguing enough for me to buy it. Much of the book contains narratives of...
by minervarising | Oct 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
I spent time Sunday with my siblings – two brothers and a sister. We gathered in rural New Hampshire to spread what remained of my mother’s ashes in the old family cemetery across from our childhood home. The four of us stood together briefly under a mottled autumn...
by Kim Brown | Oct 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m in a writing slump. By slump I mean I don’t want to do it. Instead, I wander around Target. I look up recipes on Pinterest. I work on perfecting my tweets. I drive to Starbucks for coffee. I check Facebook. I read email. I contemplate getting a job. But there is...
by minervarising | Oct 1, 2012 | Blog, Photography
While on my way home from running errands one Saturday morning in March I drove down my town’s main street and was treated to quite a display of Americana. Lined up and down the street were fire trucks that were paired up across from one another and “holding” an...
by minervarising | Sep 27, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’ve often felt much like Kim describes in “Over Our Heads.” But I know the magic happens when we step outside of our comfort zone. And believe me, it’s really cool when you get a glimpse of the possibilities. I’m headed to Seattle for...
