{Little} Jen + Jim + Baby Will

      jim + jen + baby will. +++ a moment by the trees, with sun flare, summer air, and a happy new babe. such a sweet boy, will smiled and played,… Continue reading →

{Poetry} Late August

  late august. +++ this is the plum season, the nights blue and distended, the moon hazed, this is the season of peaches with their lush lobed bulbs that glow in the dusk, apples that… Continue reading →

The Air is Still Warm

sunset at the beach. +++ our parting view before we left vancouver for our last week of summer vacation on hornby island. the air is still warm. summer is still here. +++ [photo:… Continue reading →

On a Warm Summer Weekend

        a magical weekend of camping. +++ once upon a time on a warm summer weekend, a group of friends, their little ones and furry ones arrived at a mountain-ringed… Continue reading →

{Little} Baby Boy Parker Joins the Family

           baby parker has arrived. +++ summer in the backyard. the girls played, wearing sand buckets on their heads. parker, ate, cried, snuggled, dozed. i snapped a few photos,… Continue reading →

{Other} Standing Out or Blending In?

sleeping rough in the city of portland. +++ standing out or blending in? seeing others. effortful, uncomfortable, crucial. +++ [photo: burnside bridge, portland, or]  

{Awake} This Face

in a baby’s mind. +++ she took a long afternoon nap. i went to rouse her, struck by how little we know of what goes on in a baby’s mind. +++

{In The Garden} Flowers as Art

            summer blooming. +++ running loose, dirty and happy. each bloom the first she’s ever seen of its kind. love. love. +++ [photos: the oregon garden, silverton, or]

{Oregon Coast} Farewell, It’s Been Swell

    farewell oregon coast, we love you.  +++ unending sun-bleached beach, plenty of friendly people, endless wandering. at once deeply calm and invigorating. +++ the oregon coast. we settled right in and could… Continue reading →

{Oregon Coast} A Surface of Mesmeric Blues

living life outside on the oregon coast. +++ a world away: mesmeric blueness, endless beaches, unsettled winds. exposed yet hidden. +++ // daddy and his girl walk a quiet beach // + //… Continue reading →