Life is… — I was sitting at my desk today — thinking about my work in progress, and all the creative ideas I have for future WIPs. Too many, actually. …

Life is… — Shoo fly, don’t bother me. I’m very tolerant of sharing my home with creepy-crawlies, arachnids, and insects — to a point. Most leave me alone and I leave them alone in an unspoken truce of “don’t mess with me and I won’t mess with you.” With Daddy Longlegs and House…

Life is… — Usually on my morning walks I’m quite lost — deep within my thoughts. Yes, I’m an overthinker. Everything is subject to the process of overthinking it to death. If something isn’t clear, or doesn’t feel right, even the tiniest thing, then it gets stuck in my brain. And I go…

Life is… — My lower back was hurting today. Actually, it’s been doing that a lot lately. Probably age. I hate to admit it, but yes, I am getting older and a lot of times my body aches just getting out of bed in the morning. So, with my muscles twinging and constricting…

Life is… — Well, it happened, again. Getting ready to go to the market; put my shoes on; grabbed my wallet; my phone; my hat; plastic grocery bags; my sunglasses; my keys… My keys!? Where the heck are my keys? Not on the hook. Not on the counter. Not on the bed. Arg…

Watermarks, Recognition, and Courtesy — I’m a professional photographer, and I continually find some of my photos being shared on other people’s pages all over the internet — Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flicker, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.… Recently, I found one of my images posted on Pinterest. I clicked on it and saw that it had been…

A Slice of Life — I used to love going to the supermarket, stroll down the aisles, take my time, and just relax as I filled my cart with enough food to last about a week — and for a good price too. But then it was masks, plexiglass screens, hand sanitizer, grumpy people, and…

A critical trait separates elite personal protection dogs from the rest of the breed — What sets dogs apart from each other — even elite, pure bloodline German Shepherds? The German Shepherds who Michael Kempkes trained were used to protect fighter jets and high-ranking German officials. He has titled hundreds of elite German Shepherds and knows a vital difference between the dogs. The breed shares…

Twenty Years Later It’s hard to believe that so much time has already passed, but today is the 20th anniversary of my Mum’s death, and it’s weighing heavy on my thoughts. After a death, the world keeps turning and we continue with our lives, but the loving, missing, never stops…