what a great year... thank you seth.

time passes. all is new.

new new new.

i remembered the chiclet holiday the other day, like an old friend that moved away. though it is more accurate to say that i am the one who moved on... and moved back.

i am in grand rapids, the very place i was thought i was destined to leave. and though i found so much friendship and beauty and adventure while i was away, i also found love and a place to know home in a completely different light. his name is seth, and we are building a life together now.

i want to write about what is new. and hope that in writing about it, it will hold me accountable to living the kind of life i dream of.


it is a new kind of holiday, but i like the idea of everyday being some version of just that.

my new blue chair.

goodwill treasures abound.

weekend wanderings.

the photos as follows:

chinatown alley, view from our picture window.
the nra show. the palazzolos boys working magic.
karl and connor, getting ready for the big race.
lisa and andy. tiny church, big love.
fields and llamas in washington.
lost in north chicago.
lost on 22nd place.

it is a lovely evening here and as the sun begins to set between my backyard and the sound, i want to follow it there and then all the way across the sea and around the world until it slowly makes it way to greeting you with morning light in a place that is now sleeping behind me to the east. if i could break the rules of distance and time, i would pick you up and drop you right down here, we could make our way down golden gardens park. light up a fire on the beach. roll our pants up to our knees and play in the water.

i have been traveling from seattle quite a bit these last few weeks. outside the city to a wedding in the mountains, across the country for a quick weekend of work and friends in the windy city, then up to bellingham to see old dear camp friends. here are some shots from these good good times.

for now, i will leave it to the lucky old sun to send warm greetings.

my new home.