The moment she handed me the envelope, I could barely contain the excitement. The anticipation of opening the envelope, having to wait until after I was out of the store, made me feel giddy. That’s how excited I feel every… Read more
A Story
hollyhocks and memories
I am so glad I still keep a blog / website / or whatever the heck you prefer to call my little space here on the Internet. Do I have a heartwarming story for you today. I wrote a post… Read more
Print Your Photos
like a shoebox full of photos
“Our dreams are made of real things, like a shoebox full of photographs.” — said Jack Johnson I always get excited whenever I have some of my photos printed whether it’s on canvas, enlarged for framing, little 4×6’s, or a… Read more
General, Print Your Photos
a breakfast table
“What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?”— Anthony Bourdan Nathaniel Hawthorne said, “Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly arranged and well-provisioned breakfast table.” Breakfasts, and I’m talking the full sit-down variety with… Read more
A Story, General, Print Your Photos
Photographs never forget
I’m definitely on a roll with getting as many of my unprinted photos off the computer and in print. I write about it frequently here on my blog and the most recent of those posts showed the photo books I created… Read more
General, Print Your Photos
How to get started sorting through years of digital photos
“In order to remember, we have to access and interact with the photos, rather than just amass them.” —Linda Henkel, Point-and-Shoot Memories, Psychological Science (2013) We’re taking photos. Obviously they’re important to us. But then what? In my previous post,… Read more
A Story, General, Print Your Photos
Why You Need to Print Your Photos … today
Why you need to print your photos … today: “An image in hand can touch your heart more deeply than an image on a computer screen. Printed photographs are gifts.” ~Meredith Wynn Computers fail. Hard drives crash. USB sticks and… Read more
General, Print Your Photos
An Image in Hand
I recently read a post on Facebook that had such an urgency to it. Her computer had crashed and she couldn’t access or find any of her photographs. They included images of their children (eight years of memories and firsts),… Read more