A little more than fourteen years ago, my daughter Katie Rose was born very prematurely. Today, Katie's Video Games are Actually Good for Your Brain has been selected to be…
I've been writing this blog since 2005, which is to say over twelve years. Sometimes there's more, and sometimes I have less to say, but the average is about ten…
Alas, Katie has had a sinus infection, and antibiotics have been prescribed. She has graduated from solution to pills, but she does not like swallowing them, and makes a production…
Here's a portrait of her Mom that Katie Rose made using her pastels. I can sure see the spirit and the likeness in this drawing!
Katie Rose loves to draw and paint, and make things like the mask shown in the photo. If you ask her, she'll tell you she wants to be an artist…
My new book, Achieving Your Potential As a Photographer: A Photographer's Creative Companion and Workbook, is now available and shipping. Per our family tradition, Katie Rose is shown with the…
My Karate kids and Karate spouse, Phyllis, Julian, Nicky, Mathew, and Katie Rose are shown at the Rohai Dojo in Berkeley, California where my family learns Cuong Nhu, a Vietnamese…
On a beautiful spring Sunday with glorious clouds and shifting light I took my four kids for a hike in Tilden Park. We parked a car near Lake Anza (Phyllis…
Mommy was very tired. Mommy gets up most days at 5:30 am to get the four kids to school, ferries them to karate, and works hard too. So Mommy went…
What fun to pick Katie Rose up at her pre-school, and wander down the coastal range by footpaths, steps and stairs. To watch her pleasure at an ice cream treat,…
From time to time I get asked for a follow up on the story of Katie Rose from people---both strangers and those I know---who remember how she was born. Katie…
I am very pleased to post the traditional photo of Katie Rose holding a fresh, still smelling of printer's ink advance copy of Monochromatic HDR Photography. The publisher is Focal…
Every once in a while a photographic gadget comes along that is simply so silly, and such a kluge, that I have to try it! After all, photography is about…
Here's Katie Rose in her Tiger Team outfit, ready to take on the world!
Yesterday we celebrated Katie's fifth birthday with parties at Step One (her preschool) and at home. Katie Rose is a charming, wonderful little girl---and living proof that there are miracles.…
Up at Step One, Amber face-painted all the pre-schoolers. Our Katie Rose became a tiger---not inappropriate for someone born with her fierce life force and will to survive. She's also very sweet,…
When you have four kids like I do, shopping for food occurs frequently. The one thing you want to do when you take the kids into the supermarket is to…
I am teaching Katie Rose to play chess. She gets the basic moves and is learning some openings---although she sometimes wants to jump all the pieces over each other the…