Photographers

      VACAVILLE–All she wanted was a puppy, a special puppy. What she got was a hole in her heart and a hole in her bank account, as well as a developing disdain and distrust of the Internet and the financial institutions that prey...
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This story starts with my dogs. I love them and they force me to take them for walks at least a couple times a day. As a photographer, being out with the dogs is not ideal while holding my camera because they’re really good at...
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Are “mute” cicadas really mute? If so, how do they communicate and attract mates? A team of scientists, including Christian Nansen, agricultural entomologist at the University of California, Davis, answered those questions in their research, “How Do ‘Mute’ Cicadas Produce their Calling Songs?” in the...
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The next time you see a Monarch butterfly heading your way in California — or settled in at an overwintering site in coastal California or in central Mexico — check to see if it’s tagged. It may have flown hundreds of miles from the Pacific...
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I know. I have been unusually quiet since arriving home from the International Writers’ Conference in San Miguel. Forgive me. It is hard for me to believe that it has been one month to the day that I was on a plane headed back to...
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I arrived home this last Tuesday night after spending a week in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. I presented a workshop on social media for writers, gave private consultations, and was part of a “Women Write Their Lives” speakers panel during the International Writer’s Conference...
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I stumbled across the world of mobile photography a year ago this month when I purchased my first iPhone. Yes, I was a bit behind the times in regard to the little rectangle of metal, glass and plastic that people have been addicted to for...
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When I was a child, I spent most of my summer days following animal tracks in the fields behind our house in search of elusive creatures. On occasion I would find one, but most often their prints were the only evidence that proved they had...
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  My heart is beating double time. They just posted the “People/Portraits” category winners for the Mobile Photography Awards and my iPhone piece “Illuminati” won an honorable mention! So this piece, along with “Rubber Band Man” in my previous post will be on exhibit in...
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