by Melinda VanLone | Jan 9, 2013 | Photos, Thoughts |
Santa was very, very nice to me this year. He brought me a new camera! It’s a lot more complicated than my previous camera, and I was immediately struck by how much I needed to learn and how much fun I’d have finding out what it could do. And then I...
by Melinda VanLone | Aug 29, 2012 | Photos, Thoughts |
While I was hanging out in the Dallas Arboretum the other day, I watched groups of visitors float past me while I hovered in the shade of a bridge. It’s near the entrance, so most of the people passing by were just starting out on their journey through the...
by Melinda VanLone | Aug 27, 2012 | Photos, Thoughts |
… might stink to high heaven. For the last year, I’ve been giving birth. Not exactly of the human variety, but it’s felt like it. I’ve written a novel. There, I said it. I am a writer, and I’ve written a novel. The labor was over a...
by Melinda VanLone | Aug 22, 2012 | Photos, Thoughts |
Last weekend I ventured out in the Texas heat to walk around the Dallas Arboretum. I love places like this. All those beautiful plants, all the planning that goes into it… and I didn’t have to do any of the work! I’m very happy to let someone else take the...
by Melinda VanLone | Jul 1, 2012 | Photos, Thoughts |
I was in Austin for a conference last weekend, and managed to pop outside to get a few photos around the hotel. I didn’t stay long; it was ridiculously hot and covered in crickets. Millions of hoppy black things determined to climb up legs and get into the...