Our school has an “Open Mic” every spring, which is a talent show of sorts, but different from what you often find in high school talent shows. There are no auditions; no competition, no awards. Everyone that wants to perform, may perform. It’s casually eclectic—blue jeans, mohawks, t-shirts and hoodies. Sometimes even the [...]
As much as I love just looking at, petting, and photographing my own handspun, it’s come to my attention that one can also actually knit with it, too! Imagine that!
So I did.
Here’s my sweet baby James playing his birthday guitar* (Epiphone John Lennon acoustic electric from Utah’s own Guitar Czar) and wearing his birthday [...]
In my last post I celebrated my son’s birthday and posted a photo of him at age five. In the photo, James is wearing a favorite t-shirt; the design on this shirt is an illustration by Graeme Base from his book Animalia.
If you’re unfamiliar with this picture book I encourage you to acquaint yourself. [...]
My baby boy is turning 18 years old. This past year I’ve found my breath catching with a tiny sob at the most mundane moments. Every event resonates with finality and a sense that an era is passing, which, of course, it is.
This is James with our dog, Lily, in 1995. James [...]
