About

Somewhere in between growing up in an amazing family and earning a degree as an elementary school teacher, I’ve become a person learning to trust her heart. 


Putting outside standards on the sidelines- only called into the game for the plays that they excel at- I've learned to enjoy and make the most of the present possibilities.  I thrive in the likely and push for the desired.

I nurture friendships and relationships stitched together with a warm tea and a good meal.  I receive the lessons and insights in a gracious fashion, and only kick back when totally necessary.

I photograph and see beautiful in the ordinary, shutter-ing and aperture-ing and try to get better at the technicalities. 

I read about fashion, see it as art, and have interest in pop culture fuelled by the voyeuristic notions of the human connection.

I write, mostly as a lightly sarcastic/ sickeningly genuine enjoyer-of-life who was given valuable advice by my 91 year old grandmother to “document, you won’t regret it, things seem [inconsequential] now, but they add up to life”. 

So I wander through my inconsequential and try to do good along the way. I write about it, take photos of it, and enjoy as much of it as I can.  Because, as grandma says: faster than you know it, it will add up to this grand ‘ol life.

In this blog you will see the evidence: the deep and the shallow.  The observations, the evaluations, and the adjustments along the way.  Sometimes you may smile, sometimes you may judge, but most of the time, I hope, you enjoy.

Thanks so much for coming by. 

I love to hear your words, too.  So comment away, email me at lcr-outsidevoice@hotmail.com, add me on facebook, or write me lovely messages on twitter.

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The Brand: 
The name "Outside Voice" came from a scenario in a grade one classroom I was student teaching in a few years ago.  

A little boy was sitting in circle time and was asked if he liked the story.  

"Well... yes" he said, "But I think [the character] Joe is kind of stupid.... OOPS! that was my inside voice!" 

He was taught that some thoughts are your inside voice, to be kept "inside" your head.  But, ya know what I think? I think that we all do that too much sometimes.  There is constant thought, judgment, worry, and joy that goes on with our "inside voice" so, this little space in blog land is a little bit of my "outside voice".  Because don't we all need to share a little of that now and then?