peter, can i call you pete

two things i can't stop watching on the internets.

nevada - my friend rob is something else. and this is fantastic.
john moschitta - everything about this is insane. the angles. but the pittsburg part. oh man. i watched that a million times and tried to say it to david. i can't do it.

friday

thank you for all the well wishes. we are excited about the future. it's going to be difficult in the short term. i'll be commuting back and forth between kc and california until the school year is up. and really the difficulty is all on david's plate. he'll be working from home and watching the kiddos full time. i told you i was very lucky in the man i married. he's something. and i'm not just saying that because he can juggle. we are finishing up the tail end of spring break here. there might be a family movie in our future tomorrow. i'm in full denial about the snow they are forecasting. it can't be. no way. we'll have to comfort ourselves with pizza if it really snows. but let's not talk about it. have a good weekend!

westward

ever since i can remember i've always had the itch to live some where different. try some place new. lucky for me i married someone with the exact same itch. and while we thought something like this would happen sooner, we know, with certainty that there were greater forces at work writing our story. dictating our time line. don't get me wrong. we railed, we whined, we wondered how to make it work for years. little did we know, that the whole time tiny cogs were clicking into place. making connections and ties that would prove invaluable. so that when the perfect time came, we would slap our foreheads in wonder. smile like idiots and say of course. of course that's how things would work out. so with many prayers of thanks. many tears of goodbye, many friends here and there wishing us well. huffmans move westward. southern california, here we come!

ps. little blue house, i will miss you. you were good to us. the best first home anyone could ask for. i take back all the mean things i said about you. and i hope someone who will love you like we do makes their home with you. who could resist that porch? who??

a few seconds

there is a lot of life happening over here. i know when i get caught up in the what if's and the oh i should have's i start to get a little crazy. and let's face it, a little mean. so, when i feel that creep up on me i have to take a few seconds, a few minutes to sit and be quiet. i prefer for those minutes to involve the camera, or food, but life doesn't always give you what you want, does it? like right now i'd really like a big fat blt with fresh summer tomatoes. ah well. maybe in a few months. in the meantime, read this post from brian which struck the right note with me, and make sure to click through and read the night kitchen article.

Repeat

the collaboration between Lisa Congdon and myself is available for sale now at Rare Device. go for it!

oh hey there

i sorta dissappeared, huh? i've been traveling for work again, but this time working in an office. it's a different feeling. i'll be getting back out into the field again this summer, but in the meantime i'm adjusting myself to cubicle walls. not that there is much adjusting to be had with drab grey fabric covered walls. seriously. oof. on an up note, i visited trader joe's for the first time ever in my life. i am now crippled with an addiction to mochi ice cream. wow. i just drooled a little bit. to keep my sanity (and not watch hours of tv) i've been reading and streaming the new oriole post album. so good. really. like buy it. it's on itunes and amazon. there is a link on their site under music. yes, they are my friends, but let me tell you, i'm what you might call a direct person. and as a direct person i wouldn't tell you to buy something if i didn't like it myself. so there is that. i'll have a little something else to tell you about in a week. a super exciting collaboraiton. ok, i'm off to pollo loco (i'm such a california cliche).