Life
When Life Gives You Lemons…
you make lemonade. More than 130,000 advertising professionals have lost their jobs in this “Great Recession.” Lemonade is about what happens when people who were once paid to be creative in advertising are forced to be creative with their own lives. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJltcT7DH7g[/youtube] Craig and I have talked often over the years of the “what if…
Read MoreCharter for Compassion
As we close a decade marked by war, help us usher in a decade focused on compassion. The names of all affirmers on December 31 will be sent along with the Charter for Compassion to 5 world leaders whose countries are engaged in conflict. What if more people went about their days with this view…
Read MoreMerry Christmas Eve
I really miss my Dad this year, as my mother is trying to set me over the edge. The holidays were the one time of year my parents didn’t argue, well actually that should be restated, Christmas eve and day were the only times. I cherish this time of year, and in recent years it…
Read MoreMeticulous
While doing errands this morning in the bitter cold, the ideas going through my head were the different items I want to service on my car. It frustrates me to no end that I slacked on keeping the wheels clean over the past 4 years and because of that, brake dust has become caked on.…
Read MoreDroplets
Dew, originally uploaded by criana. I took this photo in June 2008 at Topsmead State Forest. A good thunderstorm had just rolled through and all the flowers were covered with water droplets. I’ve always wanted to take a photo with a silhouetted flower against a dark back drop. The exposure for the background was low…
Read MoreSweetness
, originally uploaded by criana. Jazzmine loves the camera, more specifically she loves to rub the camera, but when ever I take it out, she’s interested. The other morning she was in her usual spot curled up at the end of the bed and I decided to snap some photos. She never moved, only the…
Read MoreGifts
Gifts, originally uploaded by criana. I did some quick work for my friend Kevin’s Mercedes-Benz club out in Indiana. In return they sent me these glasses along with two others.
Read MoreMy favorite ornament
Peanuts Ornament, originally uploaded by criana. My childhood neighbor gave this to me around 1990. It has become my favorite ornament, I look forward to putting on the tree each year.
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