Jul 11Reminiscence: a journey home to Finland with my dementia-diagnosed motherI have been writing this story in my head for years, and many times I have hesitated to write it down. I hesitate firstly because I have very limited medical knowledge about dementia and secondly because I’ve worried about what other family members may think of me sharing. However, after…Dementia23 min read
Published in depth of field·Aug 25, 2021AnemonesThe other day I had a revelation while weeding my garden. It seems comical, I know, and I am sure others have had this revelation, but it really crystallized for me in a moment. As I worked to pull the gangly weeds and thistles growing up against the fence, I…Anemones4 min read
Published in depth of field·Nov 11, 2020Untamed and UnrulyJust before the snow finally hit us here in Edmonton, I ventured out to find something a little different as a photography subject. For some time I’d been thinking of checking out a “graffiti tunnel” I’d heard about from other photographers and seen online.Graffiti5 min read
Published in depth of field·Oct 28, 2020A Still Life II — a pandemic photo journal continuesBack in March when the pandemic lockdowns began, I started a photography project to keep my spirits up. I promised myself to photograph something every day. It was my way of trying to capture and express the solitude and strangeness that life has become. …Photography3 min read
Published in depth of field·Aug 1, 2020La Vie en Rose: Pandemic EscapismI know, I know. This title, it’s a terrible cliché. This song is played in every American film set in Paris. I know it's overplayed, but Edith Piaf has a special place in my heart. I spent a lot of my childhood listening to music sung in other languages (my…Photography4 min read
Published in depth of field·Jul 1, 2020A Still Life: My Pandemic LensBack in April, I attended a few free photography webinars hosted by the British Journal of Photography. In one of these, photographer Peter Funch was asked, what can Photographers do during a pandemic like this? What kind of work can we do? What were his suggestions for keeping up our…Photography4 min read
Published in depth of field·May 6, 2020May NightsThe nights are getting warmer. The snow has melted, the grass is green and the bugs have yet to come out in full force. Tonight the moon was full and bright in the sky outside my window, so took my camera out on the lawn with my tripod to do…Moon1 min read
Published in depth of field·Jan 30, 2020winter things“Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go” — Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost Where I live, we are currently living through what I…Winter6 min read
