Living In the Moment

  Photography by Kristine  I COME FROM … Homemade crepes, good for breakfast or dinner Playing kickball until the streetlights came on Ice cream always served in coffee mugs with a spoon Hanging on the backyard steel swing set, Daydreaming Pot Roast sizzling in the skillet with roasted vegetables Visiting Coastal Maine with red hot sand beneath my feet Homemade Spaghetti sauce simmering all day on the stove Riding bikes around the neighborhood with no hands Christmas Eve’s with signature dishes and so much laughter Playing on an all boys baseball team, with one other friend Elvis Gospel Music playing on Sunday Mornings in our home Scorching summer days, sitting on my Grandmother’s porch “My Braces Are Beautiful” Denim T-Shirt Listening to Jim Croce on 8-Track Tapes School Dances, House Parties, 80’s Music First Bus Ski Trip, seated next to my biggest crush Receiving a batgirl jacket,   as part of our neighbors womens softball team Leath...

Photography by Kristine  Another Year Coffee mornings & wine nights Kid-like highs & heartbreaking lows Many conversations & great belly laughs Family moments & lasting memories  Enjoyable movies & page turning books Unexpected moments & baffling disappointments Different hopes & revised dreams Wide smiles & lifelong tears Adapting to new schedules & late dinners Busy days & quieter evenings  Dec 2017 

Original Photography by Kristine  I never thought of myself as a journaler, but as time goes on I think I may fit into that category.  I have always had some type of a journal or diary. I started with a light blue child-like diary with a key in grade school. I then moved on to composition books, and then to typing journal entries in my teens and placing them in a three ring binder. (All of which I still have!).  In the past few years I have been journaling in a different way. Most memories - Such as photos, napkins, coasters and ticket stubs make their way into a leather bound moleskin that I purchased as a planner that I turned into a journal. Recently, I have been working between this journal, a travelers notebook and an A5 size leather journal that houses each milestone. Each memory. Each moment.  I recently purchased (as a gift from my folks for my birthday) my first Erin Condren Notebook which I have been adding titles to pages to keep all my thoughts...