We only had three days in Stockholm. I wish we’d had more time; it’s a gorgeous city, and there was so much more to see. Someday. My mother’s grandparents emigrated from Sweden to Minnesota. It was only after I did a little internet research on the family that I learned of the great emigration of [...]

Can you guess? And if you haven’t figured it out yet: I’m a little behind on posting, due to lack of internet connection, and having to take turns with a single power cord adaptor (sharing with teenagers who need their international Facebook fixes!) But I’m hoping to post more photos in the next few days, [...]

Things are so busy here that I’m a little dizzy. My oldest graduated from high school on Sunday. We had lots of family and friends here to celebrate, which was lovely. Lulu had spent the prior month making a surprise documentary to show, about H’s filmmaking. It’s a wonderful project, with interviews and clips of [...]

Back when I started this blog, I had no idea how much posting here would make me want to become a better photographer. I knew almost nothing about photography when my kids were small. I just took whatever point-and-shoot we had at the time and pointed and shot. We didn’t even have a digital camera [...]

I’m of the belief that when your birthday rolls around, you should do whatever makes you happy. If you want full-fat yogurt with rhubarb for breakfast, then you should have it. (Of course, since it’s your birthday, you should probably have a very buttery, cinammon-sugary morning bun with your yogurt. But you might eat it [...]

Several years back, right at this time of year, we were driving up the dusty monotony that is Highway 5 in California. We were on our way home from Legoland, and then Los Angeles, where we’d celebrated H’s ninth birthday. Lulu was in the back seat with H, just five herself. We were listening to [...]