Today is my mother’s birthday. Being the second oldest of seven children, I cannot overstate how wonderful my mom is. How do you describe a woman who gave girth to seven kids, home-schooled them all, cooks, cleans, sews, writes, and works part-time? Seriously. What do you give that woman as a gift? Really, there’s nothing [...]

My mom likes to be called “Abuelita” by her grandkids. It’s spanish for “Grandmother”, but my 2-year-old son Isaiah calls her “Alita”. When we stayed at my parent’s house this last Saturday night, my mom gave Isaiah a book, and he proceeded to read it to her. He was pointing and saying the names of [...]

I’ve been really behind on posting to this photoblog, but to make up for it, I’m going to share a link that has a plethora of photos. And some videos as well: the Organic Visual Facebook Page

Last night I ran lights for Public Radio and John Mark McMillan at the Visulite Theater in Charlotte, NC. Naturally, I brought my Nikon and snapped a few photos before and after the show, but during the show my fingers were preoccupied with making the stage look like a rock show. After the bands got [...]

This Christmas has been a little odd for me. Not to say it hasn’t been good, it definitely has it’s cheer and good will toward men (and women, not discriminating), but a lot has been going on in my two families. My sister-in-law Amy committed suicide this past spring so this is the first Christmas [...]