My husband grew up in California. I lived there for 10 years growing up. We are both architecture junkies. We just got back from a trip to LA to celebrate his birthday. I’m just heartbroken for that beautiful, vibrant city. #losangeles #california

Soup of the day. Clean out the fridge soup with ham, orzo, potato, carrots and onions, white beans, and some artichoke dip leftovers. Stirred in some fresh kale. #soupseason #norecipes

Sunset off the winter solstice line at @griffithobserv.bsky.social
Almost there. (The birds were paid actors) #solstice #sunsets #celestialgeography

Dear diary. It’s been 347 days since my last meal. Or at least 3 hours. The human refuses to relinquish the peanut butter. #dogsareweird #hungry #begging

Live theater is truly one of the most humanizing experiences. Beauty and the Beast at Hale Theater in SLC was amazing. #theatre #performance #art

Realizing I might have gone overboard while playing with my new gimbal. The whole page is different angles of sunflowers. 😂#photography #flowers #amateur

Trying to figure out how to teach media literacy for my college classes in the current media climate. #truth #medialiteracy #teaching

When the college son decides to sew for a final project. He has a …less traditional process. 😂

What we need is a showing for people who cry easily. That way we can sob together.

Did not get as many words written today as I wanted, so I’m distracting myself with snapshots of sunsets. #beautyinnature #sunsets #writing #inspiration

Just a Rocky
Mountain girl wishing she could grow bougainvillea and knowing it’s hopeless. #photo #frustratedgardener #natureisbeautiful #photography #zone4gardening

The desk had to give way to a long table. There was too much in my brain that needed to be in the space instead.

There is something about this shade of red against a bright blue sky that inspires me to write. #photography #fall #writerlife #writer #poetryinnature

Our vacation looked like my husband trailing behind me while I tried to find interesting angles to photograph. #light #photography @griffithobserv.bsky.social

The only rose blooming on a climbing rose bush over 4 feet wide and 6 feet high. A little late in the season but she’s determined! We could all learn a lesson…

This week I’ve been thinking about Alice Walker’s essay Anxiety Soup.
“May we continue to be a hardy race that outlives our tormentors—as one of my grandmothers outlived a century of people who thought they owned her. She did this simply by living to be a hundred and twenty-five.” —Alice Walker.

Good morning! What are my author friends working on today?

Sunset at the Griffith Observatory. Golden hour at its finest. #photography #griffith #LA

Sometimes we have to look past the obvious to find the beauty. #pov #photography #getty