A novella is a short novel, which makes a novelette a short novella. I love a great novel, but I also enjoy an insightful magazine article, or blog post, or essay to carry me over in between my big books. So if you’re looking for an in between to carry you over to your next...
Monthly Archives: April 2010
fotoNovella: Shae & Matt
“I’m not going to tell them about the fotoshoot. I want it to be a surprise!” Tess told me. I questioned her judgement because I wouldn’t want to have my picture taken without proper primping. “No, I want you to capture them just the way they are. I don’t want them to get all dolled-up;...
fotoNovella: Rebekah
She sang like no one was listening. But I was listening. She sang with that youthful innocence that doesn’t quite know what all the verses mean, but she knows the spirit with which to sing the hymn. She sang in that volume that says she is so happy to be singing right now, and in the safety of our bible study it was...
fotoNovella: Taylor & Frankie
We met up and started out with a typical fotoNovella engagement session: chatting it up on the way to where we were going to shoot. Taylor & Frankie cuddled in a patch of spring grass while I climbed on a picnic table to take their picture, then I climbed under it, then next to it. We...
fotoNovella: Oregon FFA 2010-11 State Officer Team
Meet the six incoming State Officers whom the Oregon FFA Association elected in Corvallis at their annual State Convention in March. They are great at their job already, ya know: being rock stars! President- Alex Morrissey Vice President- Brittney Alves Secretary- Briana Tanaka Treasurer- Reva West Reporter- Jake Erceg Sentinel- Bailey Field Team: make moments...
shannon’sNovella: a good day.
After I ordered my ”grande dirty chai with non-fat milk, two shots of expresso” the barista exclaimed to me, “Have a Wonderful Day!” And it caught me. It caught me off guard because it’s been almost two years since I’ve felt that resentment. The resentment that said: “No. I’m not planning on having a wonderful day....
fotoNovella: State FFA Convention cont.
Sessions! I only made it to state convention for a day, & I have to admit because I’ve been to an undisclosed number of convention sessions–I wasn’t exactly thrilled to sit through a session. Actually, it’s been several years since I’ve sat through a session: instead I’ve worked. You know, also known as ‘ran around back...