Fat-Friendly Pacific Northwest Day Trip: Mountain Loop Highway
Mountain Loop Highway, an absolutely delicious drive through the western Cascade Mountains north of Seattle, was our first experience with U.S. Forest Service roads. The…
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Mother & Daughter Portraits in Salt Lake City | Body-Positive Photographer in Seattle, WA
I stopped briefly in Salt Lake City while traveling, and this session shows how much we can accomplish even during a very limited session. Forty-five…
Park Rangers, Young Lovers, Fatphobia and Resilience
I went on a trip! It was lovely! At least, most of it was. People in small bodies go out in public and come home…
Refilling the Well, Day 2: Coeur d’Alene, ID, to Butte, MT
This post is part of a series on exploring and navigating the world with a fat body and an anxiety disorder. See all the posts…
Refilling the Well: Exploring the World with Anxiety
A photographer and writer explores the American west while living in a fat body with an anxiety disorder.
When your world shrinks
The fifth time, I was puzzled. My arm was lying along the armrest, but not extending out into the aisle at all thanks to my careful arrangements. So how was I being struck hard on the arm every few minutes, particularly since almost everyone on this flight over the ocean at midnight was asleep?
Wildest Dreams Session with Ms. D at Red Rock Canyon | Body-Positive Photographer in Seattle, WA
This plus-size beauty queen and Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon = magic. It was 95 degrees at sunset, but luckily Ms. D is used to the…
{explore} Elandan Gardens, Bremerton, WA
We’ve only lived in the Pacific Northwest for a couple of years, so there’s still a LOT that’s new and shiny. I like to just…
{explore} the seattle space needle
Not long ago I had the pleasure of showing my mom and her significant other, T, around Seattle on their four-day visit from North Carolina.…
{explore} port townsend
(This post was originally published at Sweet Amaranth in 2015.) After the lavender festival, we were fairly wiped out. All we wanted was a cold drink,…