Marilee’s Travels

i left on thursday april 26. (i was supposed to go the weekend before, however, i double booked my parents visit ((which was planned well in advace)) with my trip to see daniel and josh.) it all worked out and i was very happy to recover in palmer. my expectations for going north were… seek some closure to tess’s death 1.5 years ago, smell their house (which, if you know me, isn’t as weird as it sounds) and sit in the presense of daniel and josh. i found all of that and more. i found support, love, acceptance, curiosity, calmness, open thoughts, stress free living, life without media, conversation, connection, peace, non judgement, warm smiles, fantasic food made with love… the list really could go on for a long, long time. all these things have left me wondering about where my life is now. is this what i want? is this all i want? is this where i want to live? is this what i want to do? is this making a difference? am i making a difference? obviously, these are questions that i have pondered (on some level) for 33 years. it was a great wake up call from my hamster wheel that sometimes continues to turn even without me doing a thing.

it is my lucky day. one of my portraits has been chosen as a finalist in the ‘photo of the year’ contest here in portland. woo hoo!

if you go to www.photooftheyear.net and look in the ‘faces’ category you can vote for my photo, that looks like this. “Morrow”.

tell all your friends and come to the event.