About Me -- Living in the Light!!!

I am a spirited woman of heart and mind; an artist, a traveler and a mom. I see the world as a coloring book -- each vision a page in the book of life. My main vehicle for expression these days is my photography equipment, which of course includes my amazing Mac. These tools allow me to live with right livelihood and freedom. I never take the gift of photography for granted: I always use it with the intention to do the most good for the most people. It's an honor to be trusted by my clients to capture and create photographic art from their lives. Truism: my art and photography are born from my passion and enthusiasm to tell the story of life the way I see it, which is from a very positive and optimistic viewpoint! Photography is about light, and that is why I call this section about me: "Living in the Light!"

"Crossing the Finish Line...PRICELESS."

(SEE MORE PHOTOS BELOW)

Danskin Sprint Triathlon
July 27, 2008
Webster, MA

Sprint Distances -- Swim: 1/2 mile; Bike: 12.5 miles; Run: 3.2 miles.


This was my third Danskin Tri and my fourth Tri. The training and build up to the actual race is a process I love and cherish. It's challenging and difficult, but the rewards truly are priceless.
I've come to know that each swim stroke, each push and pull of the bike pedals and each step of the run lead me to more healthy and higher states in all realms. It is this knowledge and the support of my coaches and team that inspire me to keep moving towards the Finish Line, even when the trickster part of my body and mind try to convince me that I can't move one more inch and I have to stop.
All the lessons in life can be found, literally and/or metaphorically in the process of training for and participating in a triathlon.

The day's experience is summed up in the words I wrote to my coaches, Lynne and Janice, some hours after the race. "Before I go to sleep tonight I want to write to you and tell you both how incredibly happy I feel. I LOVED today!!! Thank you both so much for offering me and so many of us the opportunity to be athletes and strive for fitness -- physical, mental, emotional and spiritual -- in such awesome ways. During the training season I get so focused on the individual challenges that I forget what an incredible thrill it is to put them all together on my way to the finish line."

One other inspiring message I received this year that I want to share:
In her talk the day before the race, Sally Edwards, an accomplished triathlete who champions the race for Danskin, and who is 60 years old and in incredible shape said, "As you get older, its gets better...if you're fit." Exactly!!!
My hope and prayer is to have the great blessing to be healthy and able to keep on TRIing.

Thank you to all my wonderful teammates and everyone who supports us!

Every Woman Who Crosses The Finish Line is a Winner...

More from the Tri

Thank you to Stuart for his encouragement, support and taking such great photos at the event!!!

Cruising in the Caribbean

"Mom, we'd have so much fun on a cruise," my daughter Sarah repeated like a mantra for years. Neither of us had ever been on one, and it had never been anywhere near the top of my list when I thought of travel or vacations. But this year she is graduating from high school, so I decided to forget about my fantasy get-aways and go with hers. As is frequently the case with Sarah, her instincts were right on; it was a perfect "mother-daughter celebrate the coming transition in our lives" vacation.
Although we made the initial reservations back in September, if you saw me right before our taxi to the airport was about to arrive, you would have thought I'd just won a trip I needed to be ready for in less than an hour. I was still frantically washing clothes, and I hadn't even begun to pack my photo equipment. It was at that point that I said to Sarah, "I'm not going to bring my camera; I'm too tired and I need a break."
"Mom, how many sunsets can you really photograph anyways?" she responded, reminding me again that the taxi had already been waiting in our driveway for 20 minutes. I liked her thinking, so I hid the best of my camera equipment in my t-shirt drawer, set the house alarm, locked the door and jumped into the taxi -- camera free.
I felt good about this decision for about two hours, just the time it took us to get safely through airport security without a hassle and onto the plane. As I buckeled my seatbelt and the plane began to climb, my stomach sunk: the sunrise was creating the most incredible shades of pink, orange and gold on the heavenly clouds. My camera: How could I have been so stupid? I poked Sarah as we jetted upwards. "Do you think there's a camera store in San Juan?" Annoyed by the possibility of my "photo obsession" kicking in just when she had settled into her teen magazine, she looked up barely long enough to utter, "Probably -- it is a colony of the United States you know."
Well, thank G-d for the spread of capitalism, and the friendly Puerto Rican man we met in the friendly skies, because our very first stop in San Juan was the Best Buy that this stranger had offered to drive us to from the airport. Within minutes of walking into the store, I had purchased Canon's newest Power Shot SD1100 IS digital elph, two 2-gig cards, and a cute little case, that also doubled as a place for my money and credit cards. And, to top off my great fortune, I did the whole transaction in Spanish, which made me really feel like I was on the road! Now I was ready.
My new little camera really surprised me. Although I did miss my big camera and lenses a few times, for the most part I fell in love with the ease of the little one and I had a lot of fun. Following are some of my favorite images...

More from the Caribbean...

Spring is in the air.....