by Karina Coombs
A photo of the day that describes or documents a period in my day. Photos are taken that day or from my existing photo library.
I try not to spend too much time in the Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda neighborhood, but sometimes you end up there by accident, before you can roll up the windows, lock the doors, and speed away. A recent and too short trip to New York City found me there, as family stroll brought us from The [...]
I hadn't stopped to think how big 12"x18" would really be when I placed a printing order last week for two of my photographs. Now that they are matted and framed, however, I'm pleasantly surprised to see that they've taken up the entire gallery wall outside of my studio. There are probably upwards of 45,000 digital images on my computer. [...]
Ranking up there with fried clams, frappes, bubblers, blinkers, and clickers, a sighting of a Bathtub Mary is very Massachusetts. The Virgin Mary in her grotto, as seen in a side yard in Hudson, MA.
Sometimes when you live near history, you take it for granted. I was reminded of that during February vacation when I took the kids to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Lowell. Growing up in Massachusetts, I was aware of the various mills in the state and the company towns that formed around them. It's also hard to [...]
I stayed up as long as I could this morning, but in the end I made myself go to sleep knowing what we would all learn eventually and trying to figure out a way to explain this to my daughters. They went to sleep thinking they would wake up to a bold new day: the [...]
I like my women like I like my pantsuits. Smart and serious. #wendywellesley
Back when we were dating, my husband and I first went to the Brimfield Antique and Collectibles show. We spent hours strolling up and down the street and in and out of the tents looking for things that "spoke" to us. We acquired an enormous porcelain industrial glove mold, an old glass hospital paper cup [...]
