The Finale

(January 3, 2007)



“There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.” –Toni Morrison

Tanta Rach’s Obsession

(January 2, 2007)



“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
–Marianne Williamson

The New Year

(January 1, 2007)
The best way to start the new year, family.




“Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is life’s undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room, from which we go forth to more careful and guarded intercourse, leaving behind…cast-off and everyday clothing.” –Harriet Beecher Stowe

Braxton

(December 31,2007)
Amy’s little boy…



“Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” –G. K. Chesterton

Diminshed

(December 30, 2007)

“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.” –Mahatma Gandhi

Haidyn

(December 29, 2007)

“Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.” –G. K. Chesterton

In Search of a Bear Cave

(December 28, 2007)




“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” –G. K. Chesterton

“You can’t test courage cautiously.” –Annie Dillard

House of Cards

(December 27, 2007)



“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings – words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.” –Stephen King

Gunfire

(December 26, 2007)

“It’s better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.” –Stephen King

J and R

(December 25, 2007)
taken with my new portrait lens


“No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart”
–Stephen King