Category: Photos

  • At the Summit

    My birthday boy (14 years old) and my husband at the summit of Mammoth Mountain.  

  • Day One – Discovery Trail

    Did I mention that I’m afraid of heights? Not a crippling fear. I do not have acrophobia and do not want to diminish a very real anxiety disorder. Instead I have what I consider a reasonable fear — the fear of falling off high places. Since I have a history of fighting the urge to “fly” off bridges…

  • Crap, I Bent a Bike

    Trying to help unload our gear and bags from the car, I moved our minivan closer to our room. Unfortunately, when backing up the minivan, though I did not hear, see, or feel it, my son witnessed me backing up into a concrete piling and in so doing bending at least one of my husband’s…

  • Road Trip

    We are on our way to Mammoth Mountain, high on the eastern desert side of the Sierras, for a week of downhill mountain biking. I’ve never had great balance and divalproex sodium (Depakote) makes my inherent klutziness even worse. So I’ll be sticking to beginner slopes. My husband and son, though, will be risking life…

  • Social Media Promotion

    I’ve debated how to best promote my blog using other social media and have found myself overwhelmed and unsure of whether I am using my resources best. Please also read my Liking Photos post on this matter and give me your personal experiences and advice. Thank you.

  • Liking Photos

    Am I wasting my time liking photos on Instagram and Google+? Should I be posting duplicates to both sites? Which is a better use of my time? Should I create a mirror blog on Google’s blogger to reach Google+ users? So far my posts are of two natures, text on WordPress and photos on photo-sharing sites.

  • Photography

    I started taking photos to use as illustrations for my blog posts, but the images seem unrelated to my writing. The photos are simply what I find beautiful. Here I post a collage of photos for your enjoyment.

  • Stormy Skies

    Recent rains have made for beautiful skies.  

  • On Edge

    On edge Fingers shaking Irritable Prickly Damn, what one missed med dose can do to one’s body