That’s right, folks. Friday Favorites. I’m starting this new little feature to showcase work I’ve seen around the Internet that is wonderful, as well as any other things I might like (this week), find amusing, beautiful, sad, encouraging, etc. Because what better way is there to end the week than spotlighting some things that inspire […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009


I have received numerous doubtful looks when I tell people I played sports throughout my childhood and into high school. Throughout my collegiate years, I’ve lost the athletic build I once had as a post player-turned outside/right side hitter, and now, nobody believes me when I tell the story that once upon a time, I […]


I love cooking. Especially baking. My family, obviously, knows of my affection for the culinary arts and for my birthday a few weeks back, my mother and sister sent me a gift card to a local kitchen store to be spent on a cooking class. I was thrilled, never having taken a cooking class, and […]


Friday afternoon, I was editing images and chatting with my co-workers in our litle photo room when we heard the all-call signal over the scanner. A train had struck a car. The three of us rushed to the scene to find a partially-smashed car and a stopped Amtrak train that was apparently heading out of […]


When I arrived at work yesterday afternoon, I had one assignment: marching band practice at Southern Miss. As someone who never played in the marching band, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, other than lots of music and possibly some marching. I unknowingly arrived 45 minutes early, so I sat on an old bench […]