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15 Minutes. Go.

15 minutes. That’s how long this new show needed to be. 15 minutes is the new hour-long format. Get in, get out. Boom. The bird looked startled. But we both knew I was right. It needed to be strike a different note than the norm. It had to respect people’s time and intelligence. Offer something…

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Life As Art? Yes please!

Living Your Life As An Artist     Birds do it. Bees do it. I don’t know if educated fleas do it, because I haven’t done a careful inspection. I think more humans should do it; live their life as an artist. So here’s the thing. All my life I’ve been a people watcher. This…

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The Chat with Karen Hutton: First Peek!

Welcome to Promo Tuesday! First sneak peek into what-the-heck is going on over here. Oh don’t worry, I’m not spilling ALL the beans just yet. 😉 But I wanted you to have SOME clue before I tell you more about how all this came to be. Oh- and one more tidbit: The Chat will be…

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Lessons Learned As A Life Ninja, Part 2

Didja miss Part 1? No worries, it’s here. I met my husband and moved to the mountains after having lived in San Francisco for 20 years. Exiting San Francisco hadn’t been pretty. It involved a breakdown and some mighty dark times. On 9/11, I had taken a taxi to the airport for business trip, then…

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Lessons Learned as a Life Ninja, Part 1

Life is about context. It has its own storyline. If you live long enough and pay attention along the way – it develops as a series of defining moments. At least, this has been my experience. I have a new project launching on August 26. I’m stoked. I’m nervous, excited, giddy, I’m crossing my T’s,…

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Stop and Smell (also Texturize) the Flowers!

It’s end of summer and also the end of my unplanned bloggity-blog hiatus. You may not have even noticed; I know how busy you are. 😉 But I’m back now, with much I’m about to announce! Stay tuned for that.  But first: I thought I’d ease back into the swing by sharing one of my…

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G+ Women In Photography Series: featuring Karen Hutton!

1st interview in a new Google+ series My friend Laurie Rubin is a member of the esteemed Google+ Photos Team. She’s also a fabulous wildlife photographer; check out her work here. As a Googler, she’s created a interview series, highlighting women photographers… and she invited me to be her first featured guest! It’s also an interview…

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