…admiring one of my favorite images of all time as a 28×38 custom canvas gallery wrap hanging in my home 🙂 This piece is particularly dear to me because it’s a photograph of my daughter at the beach when she was just 3 years old and still terrified of the ocean. After a week at […]
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Woah! It’s crazy that this is true, but this is true… I have been so consumed with this intense & beautiful adoption, this intense & beautiful election, and my intense & beautiful client work catch up, that something huge happened this week…and I kinda missed it: My book released!!! WOW!!! The official book release date […]
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Like many people in America (heck, i can say with some current authority – like many people around the world!), I have been anxiously awaiting this day. Election Day!! I am so excited for the results of today’s voting! I was thrilled to be able to cast my early vote before leaving the country and […]
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This past week or so has been a whirlwind, to say the least. So much has happened, it’s nearly impossible to detail it all. But we’ve received so many unbelievably gracious and kind-hearted messages by email, facebook, twitter and ichat. And some actual phone calls, too. Wow. What an outpouring of sweet feeling – thank […]
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warning: grab a nice beverage while reading this post. It’s a bit long … but, i don’t think, wastefully so 🙂 Some of you may already know about this, but a pretty significant amount of you will not. That I can not tell you all one at a time, I apologize. But things seem to […]
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For all those who are en route or about to travel out to Bald Head Island for learnfest – we are quite excited for this week’s workshop and so appreciate all the efforts you are making to study with me, Laura Novak, Lena Hyde and Audrey Woulard. We know it’s a lot of time, effort […]
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The Exploring Love Retreat at Miraval Resort. How to sum up? Peaceful. Honest. Funny. Authentic. Sweet. More of all that than any other retreat I’ve ever been a part of on this particular planet. An opportunity for several diverse and talented presenters and some unbelievably open-hearted (and talented) participants to engage in a dialogue about […]
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I join so many across the country and across the world in hoping that Gustav slows or redirects – or that at least as many people in New Orleans and other areas being affected can stay as safe as possible. In the course of this year, gearing up for Image X (a gathering that is […]
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My two very favorite small humans accomplished big things today. Sophie opened up her first email account and started corresponding in earnest. At age 6, she’s a strong believer in the liberal use of emoticons. Preferably ones that bounce and are shiny. And Caleb is apparently a world class gymnast. He shocked us all by […]
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My awesome husband aged this weekend, and we celebrated his ability to continually get more attractive with each year by heading up to Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia for a long, restful, peaceful, blackberries-set-to-off extended weekend. A full-on vacation, with doggie & all. If you’ve ever visited the area, you know how simply gorgeous it […]
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My friend Estes Shane Whalen released his second album recently, and I am not only impressed, I’m playing the CD over and over because Goodbye Mr. Redfish is just that good. I have several favorites, ranging from rowdy bar-playing fun songs to acoustic, harmonious beautiful melodies. Speaking of beautiful harmony, check out “I Do”. Quick […]
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Michelle Obama spoke to the largest crowd that’s turned out yet to meet her when she visited Raleigh. Nearly 6,000 people filled the Reynolds Coliseum at NC State to hear Senator Obama’s wife talk about her thoughts on him as a person and as the possible next President of the United States. It was a […]
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We just had a wonderful, eventful weekend – starting with Saturday morning, the aptly-named Wondergirl 5K Race, put on by the fantastic Girls on The Run organization. I was walking over to the start line, with the kids all packed up in the double jogger (I was already registered to race it) when my 6 […]
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Endurance Magazine’s new issue is out for April. Once again, the magazine is showcasing an exceptional person in our world. April’s cover model is Mary Chervenak, who ran across the entire world in association with Blue Planet Run, to spread the following message: we can and must begin today to alleviate the catastrophic burden placed […]
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When my husband and I stumbled upon the film “Once” at our the Chelsea, our local independent theater (why aren’t there more independent theaters????), we just fell in love with it. For those of you who have seen it, you know what I’m talking about – it just washes over you. I had the concrete […]
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