Welcome to this land, Meta Julie Wallace

I went to see my new niece in Wisconsin this past month. It was a whirlwind of a time filled with family and food--the standard practice when our family gets together.

The new little wonder-of-all-joys is called Meta, named after my grandma and great-grandma. I can just imagine Meta and Grant- brother and sister- lovely and effervescent, childlike with wonder and imagination. Best buds forever.

May she come to meet joys and fortunes of every imaginable kind, hidden in plain sight and deep in secret gardens.  May she receive all of the blessings that are attuned to her heart&head and know the wild, beautiful nature of mother earth and its kin.

Welcome to the family.





taken with a Polaroid 120/Land

reassurance & reoccurance & reclaimation

A review of old pictures. Taken on my dad's Canon 35mm slr and developed in the Photo II lab at Oshkosh North High School- 2001. Pictured is my best high school friend Nikki as the co-conspirator and half of our trouble making/photo class duo. We mostly hung out in graveyards and took artsy black and white photos for our projects and thought we were totally renegade.

I haven't thought about these pictures for a long time, but found them in a box at my parents house- right before the basement was flooded. Glad that I got them in time and thought I would share 'cause they are pretty and special to me.