Those aren’t generally related conditions, I realize, but in my case they’re very much connected!  Here’s the deal:  my dear friend Renee asked me to be the pseuso-photographer for the initial stages of the day on which her daughter Tabitha became Tabitha Fultz.  The “real” photographer came a bit later, as he was being paid […]

We arrived in a storm after braving 6 hours in the Memphis airport due to a missed connection.  (No Elvis sightings…darn it!)  The storm made for some turbulence, but as I’m a firm believer in silver linings, I must admit that I was less impressed by the storm than by its product: Colorado is a […]

Well, I’m currently living on this road: …which runs along a creek that MORE than lives up to its name!  It’s right outside the house.  It used to be deep enough that we waterskied in it, and it’s now muddy enough that the Canada geese can wade across without ever having to paddle, which is […]

Yup, it’s official.  My new baby is here.  And I love him.  But before I tell you about him, I must catch you up on the other babies in my life.  You see, for the past week I’ve been in the land of: “Oh, Canada.  My home and…phlegmatic…land.”  And speaking of phlegmatics, I headed to […]

YUP–IT HAPPENED.   Just a few hours ago, in fact. But before we get into the milestone of grad, let’s take a look at the stepping stones that led us through the past couple of weeks to the brink of our seniors’ new life… Stacks became something of an…uhm…recurring theme! In my back yard during […]

IT’S HERE!Beach reading for your summer vacations…   “Michèle Phoenix’s Shards of Shell masterfully balances a story of hurt and healing with sharp wit and humorous situations, leaving the reader with an ‘I can’t put it down’ dilemma.”Lauren Wiest “The words flow with an artistry that in itself makes the book worth reading.   Places, experiences […]

Crazy, crazy days…  I won’t write much, as time is limited, but the pictures pretty much speak for themselves!  Squirt sprawled on my couch (we opened it up into a bed) to watch a marathon of TV shows!  All accompanied by homemade pizza and enough salad to feed an army. One is never sure if […]

If there’s one things the students know how to do, it’s “make an entrance.”  In this case, the entrance included driving rain, bare feet, and a large green tarp.  They walked roughly two kilometers over hills and through woods with their odd creation. There were rumors that we were getting together for a poetry reading […]

How do poets prepare for the biggest social event of the spring semester at BFA?  They launch themselves off high places into the arms of long-suffering (and hopefully sturdy) friends.  I blame the fresh cinnamon rolls I’d brought to class for the sugar high that caused the stunts! Junior-Senior Banquet happened tonight, with all the […]

I should have known, when I looked up at the sky on the afternoon of my small group’s long-planned final picnic, that things weren’t going in my favor. Okay, so maybe the funnel cloud is a slight exaggeration…  But it was cold–bitter cold–and after four straight weeks of nothing but heat and sunshine, it sure […]