A few weeks ago I visited Grand Rapids to start working on a photo essay about my friend Thea and her beer-brewing venture. She started by boiling the hops and letting the beverage ferment under a thick blanket for a few weeks, eventually adding (some type of) lotus tea to the batch and letting it […]
Generally, winter is a miserable time. I enjoy a peaceful snow fall as much as the next person, and I do love to snowboard, but it is usually too cold for me to enjoy being outside. I usually adopt a hermit lifestyle and avoid leaving shelter. Meandering through campus usually sucks as well, but at […]
We were one of the few tables at Beggar’s Banquet one night for my friend’s 22nd birthday, and drinks were being consumed while laughter erupted from our corner. It was a Sunday night but we were down to cause a fracas until the restaurant closed. I never understood why some bars in a college town would want to close […]
I bought it yesterday, actually. In two weeks I move to Colorado and I needed a camera, and ended up buying a Nikon instead of a Canon (my prior preference.) My day yesterday was quite tame and now I’ll be sitting at work for the next 7 hours. Until I move, I’ll have nothing super […]
I’ve been visiting my friend that lives at a barn more frequently, and it has rejuvenated my love for animals once again. I envy my friend, who gets to spend her days surrounded by horses, dogs and cats. I always loved animals and I want to work with them. Domestic or wild, I want to […]
all photographs taken by me. Last Friday I took work off for the first time in months so I could go out to visit a friend and photograph the amazing place she works at and all the animals she takes care of. The only thing that wasn’t ideal was the weather. It was so bright […]
Sadly, this weekend I attended my first hedgehog funeral. I went to go feed her before I left for the weekend, and when I found her she wasn’t moving and stiff to the touch. I was moments from heading out the door to go visit a friend who lives 60 miles away from me. I […]
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