Domestic Psychology

Occupy PEACE

// December 7th, 2011 // No Comments » // flickr, holidays

How to: play with leaves

// November 25th, 2011 // No Comments » // fall, flickr

method to my holiday madness

// November 11th, 2011 // 4 Comments » // flickr, holidays

Dear relatives who have finished all of your Christmas shopping except for my children,

I will send you the requested list of ideas. Making that list requires that I first plan our shopping list. Before I can sit down and plan all that shopping, I have to plan our Christmas Card picture. Deciding that picture has to happen before Thanksgiving, when the picture will be taken. That means that I will compose my master list and your micro lists in less than two weeks. You will still be able to have ALL your shopping completed by Thanksgiving. Remain calm. I will BEGIN my shopping, after the card picture is completed.

In the meantime, a review of past card picture triumphs and failures:

Election Night Pictures

// November 8th, 2011 // No Comments » // flickr, politics

fuzzy pictures, clear memories

// November 2nd, 2011 // 2 Comments » // flickr, parenting, teenagers

That is probably the cleanest picture I took during my New York visit. I also like my less impressive, cell phone picture of the Bethesda Fountain. Neither picture is my favorite.

My favorite picture was taken less than a minute after the sparkly Manhattan picture at the top of this post when I turned the camera toward my companions. The resulting picture is terrible and I love everything about it.

When Sarah left high school a semester early and moved to a city she had never visited, I was terrified. She was a 17-year-old from a small town in a large city with no family nearby. Unsurprisingly, Sarah thrived in her new environment. I don’t know if her school and the city create strong, independent young adults or if the school and city attract teens on the verge of dynamic adulthood. I do know that Sarah has surrounded herself with absolutely wonderful people. They have formed their own family. A family that makes my diminishing role in her life, comforting.

It’s their world now and they know it.

“like a scene from Guys & Dolls”

// November 1st, 2011 // No Comments » // flickr, travel

Saturday in New York

// October 30th, 2011 // No Comments » // flickr, travel

Occupy Wall Street

// October 26th, 2011 // No Comments » // flickr, politics

batty

// September 14th, 2011 // No Comments » // flickr

Camel City

// August 27th, 2011 // No Comments » // flickr, knoxville