Author Archives: K

~:: Christmas Day ::~

So, Chaz came to stay overnight on Christmas Eve, as she always does. But she did not get up before dawn.  Neither did we.  The kids were all going to show up at about nine, so the following pictures are … Continue reading

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~:: December Making ::~

More evening light in the middle of the afternoon.  This is what my studio looks like at Christmas. Sewing machine, organic bits of this and that, inorganic bits of this and that – Here is a little deer.  I’ve been … Continue reading

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~:: Christmas Fête 2013 ::~

I didn’t shoot a lot of images of anything this year.  But I did remember to ask to borrow one of Cam’s photo lights so that I could shoot the Christmas Party ornaments – so you guys could see them … Continue reading

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~:: While Rachel was in Cancun ::~

Some people are very insensitive. They forget that not everybody can just jet off at the beginning of December, leaving children for endless blue water, and fairly nice December weather in the mountains for the warm yellow light of the southern … Continue reading

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~:: The Tiniest Family Thanksgiving ::~

Okay.  So life gets very complicated when your children grow up and start marrying people, and by default, the other people’s families.  Once it was just no big deal, filling up the places at the table. I can remember, both … Continue reading

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~:: Odd Gifts by Hand ::~

For those who choose to live in far-away places (even not so very far-away is far), gifts have to be chosen or made and wrapped and in some way conveyed across space long before the Great Holiday happens. I really … Continue reading

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~:: November 2013 ::~

I know this is November because G has already sucked up all the leaves. October is a glorious riot.  November is this quiet, sorta peaceful and bland time between wild October and glorious December. See how the children are playing … Continue reading

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~:: Just stuff ::~

First this. October – obviously, I guess.  Sometimes, I’m just moving through the house in the usual way when suddenly something strikes me as strange and wonderful. In this case, it was two things: the juxtaposition of the quiet dark … Continue reading

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~:: Another Sampler:Summer ::~

I am still not myself. I don’t care about capturing light. I don’t care about writing. I don’t care about making things. The fact that I don’t care about cleaning the house is the only reassuringly normal thing about these … Continue reading

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~:: Drivin’ South in June ::~

I cannot help myself. Every time we make the drive down to New Mexico, there is so much to see, and I never get tired of it. So I always take pictures of it. But to love me is to … Continue reading

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