Category Archives: Creativity

  How often do you see something truly unique, stop in your tracks, and appreciate the effort someone has put into making the world a more beautiful and interesting place? Last week I took Mom up to the mountains on … Continue reading →

I've just arrived home from colorful San Antonio (Texas) tonight, after spending the last few days at the Color Marketing Group annual North American conference. It was a working conference, and we all worked hard to come up with our … Continue reading →

 Sunday I took Sophie to the zoo, and we both brought our cameras. I am teaching her how to capture vivid photos and the zoo is a great place to practice looking through the lens. Every time I go to the … Continue reading →

There's a bittersweetness to the end of August, and the last few weeks of summer weather, as the kids go back to school and the season slides to cooler evenings. It's also the time of year when mothers of school … Continue reading →

  Yesterday Sam and Sophie started the new school year. Sam observed – as only a 14 year old boy can – that it would be a good time to have a "fresh start" – i.e. forget about the past … Continue reading →

Live Music, Art Galleries, Poetry Readings, Dance and Theater… these are some of the Here and Now creative experiences that can rev up our own creativity and charge up our positive-energy batteries. Hiking in Nature, watching a sunset, spending time … Continue reading →

 Can you believe – our daughter Sophie just turned 9 yesterday?! In case you have not read our online adoption story yet – she was born in China and was adopted by us when she was 8 months old. Now … Continue reading →

This weekend I packed up my camera and took off for another photo-friendly location. I hate to leave my mounds of peonies that are in full bloom now, but I'm hoping for some more colorful photo subjects over the next … Continue reading →

Today I had lunch with a friend of the family, to celebrate her 95th birthday. She gave me stock tips, ordered a carafe of wine for our table, and thoroughly enjoyed the slice of chocolate birthday cake brought by the … Continue reading →