On a somber note.......

My cousin Shannon lost her husband on Friday, August 18th, due to a terrible motorcycle accident over a month ago. I'm reminded daily how very dangerous my machine is, and try to ride accordingly. It's exciting and beautiful, and easily deadly. We start out each ride with the premise that someone wants to kill us. We don't know who they are, where they are, or why they are trying to do us in, but we know they're out there. So we watch for them to send a dog out in our path, or shovel gravel onto the road, or dig a huge pothole to shake the wheels off our bikes, or send a deer scurrying out in front of us. They also might open a car door and knock us down, or simply strike us from behind, or slam into us sideways. So we watch and watch and watch. I see it as a challenge, and you know I love a challenge! Please try not to worry too much; worry is "concern with a bad ending." Be happy that we are enjoying every minute of that challenge. And to Shannon and Amy: I am so sorry for your horrific loss. Matt was a great guy, a wonderful husband, and a fabulous father. I am so very honored to have been a photographer at your wedding, and love you so much.