• real life,  traveling

    Lantern Fest

    I would like to say this is the most hipster picture I have ever taken and I absolutely love it. Lantern Fest is magical, I highly recommend if you have the opportunity to go. I ended up trying for pictures from my big camera and the camera phone and these two were the best to turn out. (Little did I know that these would be the last pictures I took with my camera phone as the next morning the phone died.) This is looking to be a full summer, and May has been a calm before the storm. Here’s to a storm full of adventures and patience for when adventures…

  • books

    Book Review- No Greater Gift

    My reaction to finishing this book was similar to when you see an excellent live performance and you stand and quietly applause. You know you just saw an exceptional display of talent and were fortunate to have this experience. Grace Ryan is recently divorced and returning to her hometown to go through her grandmother’s journals. As her beloved grandmother passes away, she begs Grace to find out the truth about a decades old secret. And with this, bestows upon her an inheritance which fractures her already tenuous family relationships. Grace is not left alone with digging into this mystery, she has boxes of journals and records– and a new friend…