YOUNGER DAYS There is so much beauty and strength in youth.  It can be very difficult coming to grips with your aging face and body.  In this diverse collection of photographs I was literally on top of the world.   I truly felt invincible.  Those days are far behind me now.  Today I struggle with the mighty diet & exercise regimes that used to work so easily for me TWENTY YEARS AGO!   No one really taught me how precious my youth was or how fast time slips away.   Sometimes, like the very air I breathe, I find myself clinging to these pictures and the wonderful memories they invoke.  I'm sure I will be in a nursing home, clutching my scrapbook, trying to get all the male nurses to look at how beautiful I was.  You know right after they finish trimming my beard!   I imagine myself yelling at the female nurses "DON'T HATE ME BECAUSE I USED TO BE BEAUTIFUL!"   Seriously, life is a wonderful experience no matter how much the human body changes.   I count my MANY blessings everyday!

RAINY DAY PHOTOGRAPHY As a free-lance photographer I specialize in outdoor black & white photography.   I eagerly jump into the heart of any Rainy Day.  For within the swirling grays of an ominous overcast sky there lies an incredible spectrum of contrast that black & white film captures with sheer brilliance.   Today my photography is limited as motherhood and songwriting are my top priorities.   I miss my darkroom.  I miss watching a blank white page come to life with rich depths of gray.   I miss the intimate connection between my eyes, my mind and the subject I am focusing on through the lens.   I love the feeling of capturing a moment and freeze framing it in time forever.