by jo | Sep 8, 2015 | Memoir & Essays
Selfies are not new. They just do something new. For centuries, probably millennia, people have been creating self portraits. The camera is a unique medium to create self portraiture with though, because while it is still an art form, it’s a mode of capturing as...
by jo | May 20, 2014 | Everyday Stories
With the fires blazing in Southern California, I’ve been thinking about this question again: If the house were on fire, what would I grab? When I was younger and living at my parents house, the answer was the boxes of photos. But now that I live on my own, I...
by jo | Apr 1, 2014 | Everyday Stories
What do you get when a Forester and a Therapist have kids? Apparently you get 3 artists. What? Before she died, my sister was going to school studying math and music. To be honest, she started as a math major, because she was brilliant. Truly. And then somewhere in...
by jo | Feb 25, 2014 | Everyday Stories
I had this thought the other day: This is the renaissance of my life. I am learning about music that I like, music that is out there, music that I want to sing along to. Music I want to dance to and music that dances with me. Music that makes me cry, and some that...