“so, do you guys have any pictures of trees we could buy to hang in our living room?” chris asked. chris is one half of the dynamic duo known as chris and jess’ — our camping companions, bouldering buddies, frisbee friends, church chums, and all around great pals. we were standing in the living room […]

what’s the only thing seven times more stunning than a beautiful woman in a wedding gown? hey, how did you guess!? okay, so it’s really no secret. one look at this jaw-dropping group of young women, and eileen and i were completely at ease:  we didn’t have to do any work at all to make […]

i can still hear the air-piercing whine of brass — sometimes mournful, always jubilant — when i look at these images. i thought i knew what new orleans jazz sounded like. it’s distinct enough. i could always pick it out if i heard it on the radio. but i hadn’t heard nothin’ till last month, […]

(above: a relatively smallish mountain rises from new zealand farmland on the north island. mountains make up about two-thirds of new zealand’s south island and a fifth of the north island due to the country’s position at the intersection of tectonic plates.) nature is a revelation. what is it about her wide open spaces and […]