Photoshoot Adventures: Fine Art Portraits with Laura Wichman Photography and Natalie Slater.

Spring is cominggggg!!!!! Well, it's supposed to be anyway. The weather is starting look up, and the Vitamin D is really making a difference. Soon I'll be able to waste my afternoons on the porch in the sun, with my lounge chair and a book. A girl can dream.... Speaking of dreams, I had the …

A Grateful Heart is a Happy Heart: Thoughts about Lent and International Women’s Day.

If you follow me on Instagram, you'll know that over the 40 days of Lent, rather than giving something up as a mode of fasting, my friend Jess and I came up with the idea to spend our 40 Days of reflection sharing things that encourage and inspire us, people we love, art, music... Just …

Dear Carrie: A Love Letter.

Dear Carrie, It's been almost a month since you went to be with the Force. It all still hurts and it all still doesn't feel real. I'm grieving for your Billie. I'm so sorry that she lost you so soon. I've been reading everything that I can get my hands on about you. And I'm …

Photoshoot Adventures: Ladylike Portraits with Rosemary Adler.

This past December, I had the opportunity to collaborate with my lovely friend Rosemary on a project for school! We met last winter, and shot together in the freezing cold together in March for her previous project, which you can find HERE. We had such a great time working together, and the images turned out …

Your How-to Guide on Not Being a Total Jerk-Face While Doing Your Holiday Shopping.

Hello friends. I have missed you. Life has been really busy over the last little while, between my two jobs and family stuff - have barely had time to think. Also I've been reading a lot, which has seriously cut into my writing time. I would say that I'm sorry about that, but it just …

How to Fall in Love.

Hello dear reader. If you came here looking for romantic advice, I'm sorry but you have come to absolutely the wrong place. I'm not the best person to ask those kinds of questions. And I would say that I'm sorry to have used a clickbait title to get you here but it wouldn't be true, …

Grief is a Tricksey Hobbit.

It's true - grief is just like death; a thief in the night. Actually, it's more like an open wound that has mostly healed and is pretty itchy and you scratch it every once in a while as a reminder that it's there and to get some relief. And then it hasn't been itchy in …

Photoshoot Adventures: Cullen Gardens with Nick of Artanis Collective.

Last Thursday night, I got to hang out with a great friend from high school and take some pictures. It was as hot as the Amazon and we got attacked by ants while trying to find a spot for me to stand in this really lovely overgrown flower patch, but it was totally worth it. …

Book Eight? I don’t know.

If you know me at all, then you know that I'm the resident Harry Potter nerd in most of my different (sometimes intersecting) friend groups. I was the founder and President (Chapter Organizer) of The Wilfrid Laurier University chapter of The Harry Potter Alliance for four years. I both participated in and taught a Medieval …

Life is What Happens When… Well, you know the rest.

Well, it's been far too long since my last post. Sorry about that, friends. I'm mostly saying sorry to myself because I promised I would do better to keep up with writing. But it's okay. I'm here now and I'm writing, so I feel a little better about it. I'm working on making sure I …