Five years ago this July, my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was a terrible moment, and I remember so vividly sitting with my sister Karen in the waiting area outside the recovery room where my dad was laying, asleep in a drug induced slumber after his diagnostic procedure. His doctor came out anContinue reading “The Gift”
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Jump!
It was 30 years ago, 1984, and Van Halen’s title song could be heard ’round the nation. “Jump. Just go ahead and jump!” The photo above is in Auckland, and that’s Deb in midair….. Ten months ago, when I boarded Air New Zealand’s 747 bound for Auckland I knew about the Kiwi tradition of bungyContinue reading “Jump!”
When words aren’t enough.
New Zealand is a majestic country. Sometimes, even when you’re right in the thick of the majesty, you know you can’t capture what is right in front of you….though you try if you’re lugging around a Canon 7D. Isn’t that what man has been doing since he (she) figured out how to recreate images…whether onContinue reading “When words aren’t enough.”