"Center of Attention" It's family portrait season, and I couldn't be happier with the first crop of sessions. There will be many more to come in the next month or so, but this one just makes me smile. I grew up in a home where our dogs were bonafide members of the family. First there [...]
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[11] Image of the Week
"Orchid in Blue" Anyone who knows me well knows that orchids are my favorite flower. They're so simple and elegant and graceful and I am rarely without one in my apartment. This one was part of the decor at Ayesha's Mehindi last week, I couldn't help but take its portrait.
By Jenn Winter
9. Attempt to get one of my travel stories published. 8/15/11 This one's a two-fer. Traci Kim, the CCLaP intern, asked me in June if she could use one of my images for the cover art of the Anthology about Setting that was to be published at the end of the summer. Thinking it was [...]
[5] Image of the Week
"Torres del Paine Farewell" The fall colors in April make the Patagonian landscape even more impressive and add to the remote feeling one gets in a place like that. The tall, dried grass along the shore of Lake Pehoe invited me to sit and enjoy the clear view of the mountains from a different perspective. [...]
What’s that on your wrist?
28. Go to Lollapalooza (perhaps with a press pass??) 8/5/11 That would be my media bracelet, no biggie. It was only one day of the three, but I can now say that I've "covered" Lollapalooza! Due to a severe lack of cell coverage, things didn't exactly go as planned but that didn't stop me from [...]
A Functional Packing List
What does a girl need for three weeks on the trail? This is what I thought I needed, and I was about 90% right: 1 sleeping bag (I ❤ compression sacks!) 1 sleeping bag liner (hostels can be gross and/or the trail can be cold) 1 pair broken in hiking boots and extra laces (Kilimanjaro [...]
Crossing off the List
April was a big month for The List! 20. Take a Spanish refresher course 4/6/11 I had taken several years of Spanish, both in junior high and high school - but then I screwed it all up by studying Italian in college. I even took it a step further by spending a semester in Rome my [...]
Realizing my Potential
For the past six weeks, I have been reflecting a great deal on the remarkable life of Sylvia "Sunny" Moore and the impact that she had on my own. I learned of Sunny's death as I was busy preparing for a 3 week trek in South America. As I was folding trip scarves and placing [...]
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