As the Boston Marathon tragedy unfolded I was glued to the TV and online media outlets trying to find out more information. My desire to know what was going on was so great, and I imagine from the frenzy on social media, I was not the only one. I scoured through the new information that was continually being posted. And in that material I came across a photograph of the aftermath, right about where the bomb went off.
What emotionally struck me at first was the amount of, for a lack …

Recently I submitted a letter to the editor after reading an article about shoes washing up in Vancouver with feet still in them. (here is a link to the lost sole blog entry I wrote where I copied the article into the bottom)
Of course it struck a cord with me so I wrote a letter to the editor. To my surprise a neighbor informed me about seeing my name in a magazine recently, and remembered it was Outside Magazine. I immediately went home and searched through my issue and …

These books are much more than just photo books, they are a photographically-illustrated, collection of non-fictional short stories that become a cohesive short novel. All 3 volumes are interconnected. Vol. 1 is a about a physical journey (traveling across the U.S. in a motorhome after becoming homeless following a disastrous hurricane), Volume 2 picks up where Vol 1 left off by embarking on another physical journey but moves more to a mental and spiritual journey involving a parents’ personal tragedy. Vol. 3 follows struggle to get through that tragedy and …

You will understand the headline later in the story so I ask you to bear with me as I write this entry mostly for myself to preserve the details of a great weekend.
This past weekend Sharon’s parents along with her sister and her husband, and her other sister came to visit. We rented a 5 bedroom, 4 story condo just across from the beach for 4 days so we could all stay in the same place. The condo itself was incredible, between the view and being within walking distance …

Over the weekend Sharon and I watched the movie Marley and Me. We had been told NOT to watch it as it is pretty sad and it might hit too close to home. Well it did. And I am still affected by it.
What happened is we were hanging out Sat morning and looking for something to watch. As we flipped through HBO channels we came across a movie and saw Jennifer Anniston and Owen Wilson, we stopped to see what it was and realized what it was. The scene was …

This is one of my greatest fears, that I will walk up to a shoe to photograph it, and there will be a foot still in it!! I guess there could have been as I did not look in them for feet. I came across this article in Outside Magazine and I just had to repost it here. Takes Lost Soles to a whole new level! I am going to write the editor a note about my Lost Soles and see if it makes it into the magazine.
Outside Magazine, October …

First of all I am having to type this while Nora is laying on my desk in front of me, squirming like crazy and getting quite fussy. Time to hand her back to Mommy soon, my milk has yet to come in :) With everything going on, newborn baby, work overload, the 365 Project, Noraslife.com and producing Vol 3, I have not had much time to blog. However I need to as I want to get some of the things I might forget written down.
The mornings have been designated …

The 3rd Volume of the One Shoe Diaries entitled Lost Soles Lead to Hope Found is currently scheduled to be released on Thanksgiving of 2009. This will be just in time for Christmas Orders to be taken and shipped in time for the Holidays. **hint-hint**
Just as the other Volumes, Volume 3 follows Sharon and Randy’s journey through life’s ups and downs. It begins with surviving every parent’s nightmare, to healing as a couple, to eventually experiencing every parent’s greatest moment, and along the way it dives further into the almost …

Here are photos selected from the contributor’s galleries submitted for the 365 Project. They reflect several unique and different perspectives on our world. Quantity is going down each month. It started with 31 contributors and is down to 12 :( But the quality keeps getting better. Register on the main 365 page and start shooting.
Click on the box in the left side of the navigation bar to view full screen

Well time is going by pretty quickly and it is amazing to see the changes that have taken place with Nora already. she is starting to look less like the angry old man when she came out, to a sweet baby girl. She is definitely growing. She started at 6lbs 4oz, and went down to 5lbs 8oz, but has rebounded to almost 7 lbs.
So far she has been a very good baby. Not too fussy,. And when she is, it is only because she is hungry, otherwise she is content …