While at BlogHer '09 this year, I had the opportunity to be interviewed on BlogTalkRadio by Pepsico.   Hear the entire interview by clicking on the small triangle, below.

 

I spoke as a part of the Community Keynote of BlogHer '09 in the beautiful city of Chicago, Illinois, reading Reflections on why the election of President Barack Obama affected me so deeply. In addition, I co-hosted a Room of Your Own session entitled "Women of Color and Marketing," along with the wonderful Heather Barmore, Stefania Butler, and Kelly Wickham. It was an amazing time.

You can see the speech in its entirety here.

(photo by Gwen Bell)

 

On July 5, 2009, the New York Times used a screen capture from Momversation of my face, frozen while talking about whether I consider myself a feminist.  The capture was used as the main image of their article, Rise of Web Video, Beyond 2-Minute Clips (both online and print).

My husband Marcus called the expression on my face, "constipated, but pensive."  Personally, I'm just happy that my first appearance in the New York Times was for good, and not evil.

You can read the entire article here.

God's Green Earth Exhibit, July 2 - August 28, 2009, L. Frank James Gallery, Roseville, California

My photograph "coral" is currently being featured at the L. Frank James Gallery of Valley Springs Presbyterian Church as part of their "God's Green Earth" Exhibit. If you're in the Roseville area, please stop by and visit -- and since I've never been to Roseville, drop me a line and let me know how it goes!

Want to see our house?  Check out the Show & Tell House Tour of our home on Home & Garden Buzz.  All photos were taken by yours truly!

The lovely Alessandra de Souza of Gypsy Girl's Guide interviewed me for her brand new series, Life Transition Interviews.  I'm so honoured to be included in such a meaningful way on her site.

Click here to see what I had to say.  And be sure to click through the rest of her site -- Alex is a beautiful gypsy soul, whose work I know you'll enjoy.

In February, I was interviewed by Russ Capper of The Businessmakers radio show.  Click here to listen to the interview!

(Photo by Giovanni Gallucci)

Watch Heather Armstrong, Daphne Brogdon, Mindy Roberts and I talk all things parenting on The Oprah Winfrey Show, on Monday, April 6, 2009 (check local listings for times and channels)!

Watch the clips below, or

See a summary of the entire show online here!

Join me at the Mom 2.0 Summit here in Houston, Texas on February 19-21, 2009! I'll be joining the inimitable Guy Kawasaki in the keynote address, when we'll discuss how to use blogging and other social media to help enhance your business.

 

Hope to see you there!

A showing of my project "The Ranch" will be featured at Galleria Lazzara, in their annual photography exhibit.  The exhibit runs from February 10 - March 8, 2009, with the artists' reception on Thursday, February 12th. 

I hope that you'll come to the reception -- I'd love to meet you!

An article I wrote on how we combine holiday traditions in our multinational and multicultural family was featured in the December 2008/January 2009 print edition of Wondertime Magazine.  Be sure to check it out!

I'm pleased to announce that I've re-joined BlogHer as a Contributing Editor, writing primarily on parenting topics.  You can see all of my articles here.

I've recently completed a digital birth announcement for my friend's daughter, Vianne.  The imagery and words are all mine.

See the entire announcement here.

Back at AlphaMom, detailing how we take our own family self portraits for our Christmas cards.

See all the details here.

I've just started writing a new feature for Gadling, called Through the Gadling Lens. It'll be a weekly feature, published on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. EST, and will hopefully provide useful tips on taking great travel photographs. Please pop by, check it out, and leave a comment!

AlphaMom asked me to contribute to their ongoing feature, Guide to Everything in Five Easy Steps.

This is my contribution.

A couple of weeks ago, I received an e-mail from the husband of my good friend, Jen Lemen.  He had asked several of Jen's friends, all of whom live rather from from the Lemens' home, to create video birthday wishes for Jen, in celebration of her 40th birthday.

Of course, I happily obliged, creating a digital story from images I had taken while on vacation with Jen and 11 other kindred spirits in Oregon earlier this year.  I compiled the images into a slideshow, added Afro-Cuban music (Jen feels a kinship to all things African), wrote my wishes for Jen's birthday and added the voiceover.

This is the result.  It shows, I think, how digital stories can be used in celebration of a friend, in contrast to using the media for the purpose of publicity.

Enjoy.

This is another digital story for Houston Wellness Association:  this time, the story presents five ways for Houstonians to begin to recover from Hurricane Ike.  The story features my voiceover and about 30% of the images are mine.

Click here to see the story in full.

The new digital story for the Houston Wellness Association, an organization developed by the Mayor of Houston's Wellness Council, went live today.  I put the story together using a pre-approved script, my photography (supplemented by stock photography), and did the associated voiceover.  The story is launched in advance of the Houston Wellness Symposium, a two-day event on November 13 - 14, 2008, at Minute Maid Park/Union Station.

Check out the story here.  And for more information (and to register for the symposium) click here.

I'm so pleased to announce the launching of my brand new website, Chookooloonks.com!  The beautiful site you see here is all due to the amazing design stylings of the incredibly talented Krystyn Heide, to whom I'm eternally grateful.  Here, you'll find all the news of all the work I'll be doing -- from articles, to photography assignments, to digital storytelling (which you'll learn more about very, very soon).

Thanks to all of you who have stuck with me via the blog over the years -- of course, the blog continues, so I hope you'll continue to hang out.   And obviously, if there are any writing assignments, photography opportunities or digital stories you'd like to tell, please don't hesitate to contact me.