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07/05/2026

New blog post!!

we are 250 YEARS OLD TODAY!

06/30/2026

New blog post!

Read the post and get the link to my new Substack page!

Check it out!

It’s time to come clean: I love words and I am on a mission to collect more of them.

06/05/2026

It’s been awhile ! I am still here! Time to restart the party and post!!!!

09/24/2023

New blog post!

Happy New Year 5784! I find gratitude, seek joy, and tune into my senses.

07/05/2023

New blog post! Happy Independence Day!

I’m celebrating Independence Day in Coronado, an “island” south of Downtown San Diego. For 74 years, their annual July 4th parade has made its way for down Orange Avenue, the main drag in town. . Military presence is strong here as North island is the birthplace of naval aviation and the city ...

06/21/2023

New blog post!

Hello everyone on the longest day of the year! I’ve been busy with a few projects that have kept me from writing this blog, but I managed to shoot some photos along the way, not just in Pasadena, but in Coronado, California, a small “island” south of San Diego.

06/04/2023

Hello friends and family!

I am featured on the latest Charity Matters blog and podcast!

Heidi Johnson is innovative, gracious, generous and so talented. Her podcast and blog highlights people who are passionate about giving back and the challenges they face along the way.

https://charity-matters.com/.../episode-60-dana-pepper.../

Heidi took the time to listen to me and June Penrod of City of Hope to explain the Dana Pepper Bouton Endowment Fund.

If you scroll a bit down from the blog post you'll see the "play" button which connects you to the podcast.

If you would like to donate to my fund here is that link:
https://ourhope.cityofhope.org/.../dana-pepper.../c459397

03/25/2023

Check out my new greeting cards! You can now order 5 of a kind or 5 assorted cards.

100% of the proceeds go to the Dana Pepper Bouton Endowment Fund at City of Hope. The fund gives supportive care to families who need to care for their loved one with cancer. The fund helps pay for child care, transportation, groceries, gas, rent money, etc.

Please help these families in need. I've been fortunate to have had all the resources to help me navigate my cancer.

Now that I am considered terminal, I want to leave a legacy to help people in perpetuity.

03/01/2023

New blog post!!!!!

During my recovery, I think about life and death. After five years of battling a particularly virulent form of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, my emotions range from fear, anxiety, bone-weariness, exuberance, hope, and disappointment. The physical pain is frustrating: my brain spills over with ideas, while my

02/20/2023

Before/After featuring blue anise sage. Music by Ben Folds & ymusic?

How did I create the “after” effect? Lightroom and Photoshop. Decreased exposure, added saturation and clarity and texture in Lightroom. The real magic happens in Photoshop where I add digital painterly texture and bokeh overlays to create those creamy dreamy sun circles in the background.