I had a meeting with a client yesterday and was presented with the usual dilemma of what to wear.  Fortunately, the business end of it was solid and secure, but switching from my usual private “barn clothes”, that are OH so comfortable, is always a challenge, especially since I usually work from the comforts of my home or out in the field, literally. It was so much easier as a public education “official” —...

O. Helene Kobelnyk launches optimistic lifestyle magazine.  Read the whole story about the New Mexico based  online publication here.  More information and the “rest of the story” can be found in the latest press release. Read Helene’s guest post on Black Star Rising — the leap from photographer to publisher. Newly released limited edition prints will be available through February 2013 only.  Order now to have...

  It was the coldest night of season and I awoke at 5:30 this morning and turned on the TV to watch “Balalaika” with Nelson Eddy, from under a warm down comforter and snuggled among my doggies.   A point of clarification, Nelson Eddy is in the movie, not in my bed. I grew up with the Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald musicals, and Balalaika (costar is Ilona Massey) was always one of my favorites, and my mom’s, because it...

I’m pretty tired of these “self-righteous” morning news show hosts.  It’s bad enough they can’t come up with their own news, they now drag videos off YouTube and put the creators on the show. The poor mom who made this prank video was so frowned upon because she had made her son cry, with the concensus being that is was a “cruel prank”.  Her response was that she wanted her son to have a healthy sense...

  Dear Autobody Ruidoso, I’m a woman with a pick-up truck and while I admit to not having the love affair with my vehicle as most likely you gentlemen have with yours, I do love my truck.  I just didn’t realize how much until someone backed into me.  I agonized every time I looked at the unsightly scene, but you reassured me that you had seen worse and quickly scheduled me in. On Friday I picked up my truck and was delighted...

  We’re rapidly approaching the end of one year, and getting ready to launch a new one. . . that time again when we examine the old and make promises for the new. The last few months especially have been a whirlwind  . . .nationally, as well as for me on a personal level. The media, as always, will recap the highlights of 2012 ad nauseum, and every network will add its own spin to the same events.  For me though, what stands out the...