Big plans Photography and Pictures

10 Jun, 2013

the story

This past Mother's Day, Marcus and Alex bought me an iPad Mini. They did this at my request: "What do you want for Mother's Day?" they asked. "I think ..." I responded to their astonishment, with shock in my own voice, "I think ... I ...

23 May, 2013

life is a highway. i want to ride it all night long!

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This is actually a photograph of New Mexico from a couple of years ago. We're not going here -- but for now, close enough.So there are two things you should know about me:1. I have never been particularly charmed by the concept of the Road Trip; ...

20 May, 2013

make your moment: life list #38 - host a grown-up dinner party

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One of the things I was determined to include when I created my life list back in 2010 was hosting a grown-up dinner party. This might seem sort of a simple thing to add to a list that's supposed to represent awesome things you are unlikely to ...

14 May, 2013

going gangsta

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I've been wallowing.You ever find yourself wallowing? Those days when you're totally unproductive, and can't seem to get motivated, for no real reason? To be completely honest, I've been like this for weeks. I'm not proud of it, ...

24 Apr, 2013

looking for a place to lime

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Hi, from San Antonio!I'm here on a very quick road trip, doing a site visit for a potential venue for Lime Retreats (remember my retreat for lawyers? We're getting ever closer to announcing a date, so stay tuned -- on Facebook, too!). ...

15 Apr, 2013

path finder: journeys & discoveries

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I've been working on a project related to capturing various forms of light, so this weekend I decided that it was necessary to shoot the light off of the ocean in Galveston. I asked Marcus and Alex to come with me, so we could make a family ...

12 Apr, 2013

on making dreams come true

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Click here to download a free 5"x7" .pdf of the image above. Feel free to use it for your vision board, your inspiration board, or whatever personal use you'd like.I found the quote above a few months ago, and it has stuck with me ever since -- ...

8 Apr, 2013

random thoughts: come together

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In 1988, I was fresh out of Texas A&M University, with bachelor of science in civil engineering. I was very lucky to have a job upon graduation: a recession had just begun in the United States, so even though the job I had wasn't my dream ...

2 Apr, 2013

camp hope, a little love, and a summer-reading-for-summer-camp giveaway

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For a little over 10 years, I've been involved with AIDS Foundation Houston, an organization here in town that does everything it can to support people who are infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS, including providing housing to nutritional food ...

29 Mar, 2013

a little housekeeping (and announcing the new session of path finder!)

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Marcus and Alex are off today, and so they're getting ready for Easter. Me, I've been busy doing a bit of housekeeping, catching up on writing and the like.For example, I've updated my speaking page to include a few videos (including the ...

27 Mar, 2013

blue heron farm (cheese!!)

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A couple of weeks ago, I posted a form online inviting people to submit their stories of how they moved from one successful way of living to another, in an attempt to find a few interesting folks to feature in the book I'm writing. About 24 hours ...

12 Mar, 2013

life is insane with lots of awesome

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It's spring break right now for everyone in my house but me. Alex is off of school, and even Marcus took time off of work, but I have currently entered the busiest part of my year thus far, and have been working furiously.No worries, it's all ...

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