Cat-a-Gram

15 September 2012

From the Melville Cat:

Heather told me about her Instagram for Art’s Sake project. Since most of the Instagram photos Heather takes are of me (which makes sense – I’m the most interesting member of this household), I decided to submit my own post for the project. A Cat-a-Gram, if you will.

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Fronds Unfurling

14 September 2012

Installment #2 in the Instagram for Art’s Sake series.

A tree fern in the garden of the Lucky 5 Star. New fronds are in the foreground, old fronds are in the background.

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Focusing Inward With Instagram

13 September 2012

I’ve always been a storyteller. For the last two years, this blog has been a place where I combine words and photos to tell stories. I haven’t thought of my photos as creative or artistic, at least not consciously. First and foremost, my photos are storytelling tools.

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Don't Mind Me. I'm Working on Myself.

11 September 2012

I recently sat in my therapist’s office, weaving my latest tale of woe. When I finished, she looked at me in that measured way that therapists do, and said:

“How ready are you to really work on yourself?”

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Weekend Instablog

02 September 2012

I got an iPad. (Thanks, Mom.)

I realize I’m behind the curve on this iPad thing. It took me a while to understand the point. What do I need with a weird in-between machine that is neither phone nor laptop? Or so I initially thought. But I get it now. I won’t try to explain it here. If you have an iPad, you already know. If you don’t have an iPad, well…I’m sorry but you won’t understand until you’re lucky enough to get one.

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