It’s not often I find someone both helpful and talented and willing to work with me. But I did today. Jen Fariello at jenfariello.com.
Not only was she efficient, friendly and good at what she does, she was willing to work with me on this shoot - and climb around in the van, brave my dog Koko, and all the stuff that makes a good photographer good. I hate getting in front of a camera. It reminds me I need to be losing weight, and makes me feel like I’m …

Photo above: YMCA Coach Dan Blankenship talks to his runners shortly before their last training run before the Monument Ave. 10K in Richmond on March 27.
I just posted my first blog at Change.org about a Richmond, VA coach who coached 19 people to their first 10K this winter. The men and women will be racing Saturday, March 27th at the Monument Ave 10K here in Richmond. The intro to the story begins:
More than 37,000 runners will compete in Saturday’s Monument Avenue 10k in Richmond, Virginia. For at least 19 …

Essence Jones wanted to be a boxer since he was two years old.
“I ‘member telling my dad I wanted to box, I liked boxing. I’d say ‘Dad, take me to the gym so I can learn to box,” he said. “But he was all into drugs and alcohol so he never had the time to take me.”
Fifteen years later however Jones found the boxing lessons and opportunity he wanted - in a prison yard. An altercation involving a girlfriend, a friend and a gun brought him eight years of …

Rock stars, actors and writers, by their very nature, seem to be among those most willing to endure homelessness in pursuit of better things. I think creative people recognize the fact that homelessness is a place on our path, and not our destiny. I strongly believe that. For some, homelessness and life on the streets may be THEIR destiny, but it is not the iron-clad destiny of everyone who IS homeless. Just ask (if you could) one of America’s Founding Fathers - Alexander Hamilton.
Born out of wedlock and orphaned at …

I’m sitting in my temporary office (a local public library), and thanking God for free wifi. I’m back on the road, back in the van, and pretty much glad for spring. The weather is great, the air fresh and the nights cool. And, I’m finally able to focus on my book, as well as some new writing.
If you didn’t know already, I’m now blogging for Change.org about homeless issues. My first post should be up sometime today or tomorrow. And, I’m now a part-time contributor to Airstream Life Magazine.
Next week …