When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. – Ansel Adams A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away. – Eudora Welty When I first began working as a photographer, I remember being embarrassed when I didn’t know …
The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful. – Sylvia Boorstein (author of That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist) I was going to write about the fabulous party Laura hosted …
Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops. – Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five I began blogging because I was repeatedly amazed by the connectivity of it all. What I began calling the Shrinky Dink Effect – the …
A new dress doesn’t get you anywhere; it’s the life you’re living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later. – Diana Vreeland When I first got word from Mrs.Woog about Loud Shirt Day last August, two thoughts …
If everyone isn’t beautiful, then no one is. – Andy Warhol FACT: I don’t leave the house without mascara on. Even to go to the gym. (OK, so maybe I haven’t been to the gym in awhile, but, hypothetically, if I still went to the gym, you’d see me there …
You’ve got to accentuate the positive. Eliminate the negative. Latch on to the affirmative. Don’t mess with Mister In-Between. – Arlen & Mercer An incredible friend of mine once made me a compilation he calls M+A’s Finite Playlist – including this song. It’s a playlist I shuffle quite often. And …
Invisible threads are the strongest ties – Friedreich Nietzsche I’m a talker. Born to talkers. The types who will strike up conversations with strangers in line at the post office, which made me cringe with embarrassment until the day I realized that I had become them. I have fascinating …
This is why I love the internet: I was writing a post for Beauty Banter about my summer beauty tips yesterday, and I happened to see my friend Morgan tweet about these sunscreen wipes she uses for her daughter. I asked her if they were good for all ages, and …