Orange County's Leading Photographer
a few weeks back, i was interviewed by lisa for twopeasinabucket.com. i thought she asked some really insightful and different questions. maybe she SHOULD write for Rolling Stone.
(click on image to get to interview.)
and thanks 2peas and lisa for thinking of me.
’cause you shine on me wherever you are
I just think of you and I start to glow
And I need your light
Cause baby you know…
so, i never did end up taking photos of my gang in the fields of yellow flowers. now the flowers have died off and tall golden weeds have taken their place. as i drove home from running errands last week i spied a very convenient field around the corner from my house. so that very same day, not wanting to lose out on another chance, i took anna while the others were at school. on our way out the door-my mind sparked with the idea to grab that wooden star from the boys room. i am SO glad i did.
and just for kicks, take a listen to this:
that song came out when i was in second grade, and i remember dancing in the garage to it with the neighbors. i wanted to be madonna more than i wanted to wear a bra.
people-this soap is an orgasm in a vegan re-plantable/re-usable container.
in the last recent months, every time i have hugged my mom or emily i have said out loud or at least thought to myself, “man, you smell good! what is that?” my mom said, maybe its my patchouli oil? emily said, maybe its my dreadlock shampoo? i have always loved each of their smells, but recently it has had a different tinge of something new. (im a total smell person. attach smells to memories and people.)
then the other day, revelation.
emily and i were spending the day together on her birthday getting massages and shopping. with no children. there were no children there at all. none. and massages. outside. in a yurt. with no children. do you see why this was so fantastic?
in one of the shops we stopped in, she spied something, ran towards it, and picked it up saying, “tara, the soap! the soap! THIS IS THE SOAP! this is the soap your mom gave me for christmas. this is the one i wanted you to ask her about!”
(emily has been telling me for weeks to email my mom and ask her where she bought the soap that was in the gift bag she gave emily for christmas. she had run out, and could not bare to live without it another day. however, i kept forgetting.)
i walked over and picked it up, held it to my nose-SALVATION! this was what i was smelling each time they were close to me or hugged me hi/bye! THIS SOAP.
but at this particular store, the line was very long, we were very tired, and i was very hungry-so i wrote the name down and we left.
later that day i talked to my mom and told her all of this-she was like oh…that soap? i got it at world market.
where do you think i went the next day? and bought their entire stock? (8 bars)
not sure if anyone out there is crazy enough to buy a soap without a previous smelling experience, but just in case you like a kind of an incense lavender hippy smell, i would check it out.