Focus on the Shoes (photography)

Morning Light (photography)

Every Word Comes from Here (photography)

"Remain true to yourself, but move ever

upward toward greater consciousness

and greater love! At the summit you will find

yourselves united with all those who,

from every direction, have made the same ascent.

For everything that rises must converge."

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Curves & Shadow (photography)

Sunday, reading in bed (photography)

I just finished Stephen King's Bag of Bones last night (not bad...I'd give it 3.5 or 4 out of 5). It's been a long time since I read any King, but my husband has been coercing me to read both The Stand and The Dark Tower series for some time now. I guess I'm going to give in. Somehow he just can't wrap his head around that fact that I love everything dystopian and haven't read either of these before. I think it's less about not having gotten around to it and more about committing to these magnum opi. It's hard to get physically comfortable with a book that big.

But here we go. My first book of the year is finished...and my second just begun.

Morning Meditation (photography)

"Words are but the shell; meditation is the kernel."

Bahya ibn Paquda

Electric (photography)

Happy New Year!

In the Mirror (photography)

It's my birthday. I'm 41 today. And well...time has done what she could (along with my help...and some of my own abuse) to tear this body down. But, it is strong enough. And the marks it bears are the story of my life. Sometimes, I love what I see in the mirror. Sometimes, I really don't. Today, I'm at peace with it. This is what age and childbirth have created. This is a gift. There is softness. There are curves. There are stretch marks and tattoos. There are scars and imperfections. Rolls and bumps, and creases and wrinkles I sometimes wish I didn't have. And yet, every one of them is me.

He sees you when you're sleeping (photography)

Red (photography)