Europe 2011 Videos - Parts 1 through 9

Here are all nine parts of the video featuring my photography from my time speaking in Europe last spring. I created these for mine and your enjoyment. Above each one, I have titled them with the places featured in that particular segment so you can pick and choose what to watch. Enjoy!

Part 1: Watford, London, Belgium, and Netherlands


Part 2: Germany


Part 3: Switzerland (FWCC Conference)


Part 4: Paris, France (1 of 2)


Part 5: Paris, France (2 of 2)


Part 6: Birmingham (QUIP Conference) and Quakerism in Northern England (Swarthmoor Hall)


Part 7: Quakerism in Northern England and Time with Hetty (Kendal and Pendle Hill)


Part 8: Stonehenge, Bath, and London


Part 9: Cambridge, Lewes, Brighton, and London

Photo Study of Faces

Many times throughout my posts I have mentioned Ecclesia, a house church I am a part of here in Salem.  A week ago we went camping on the beach and while there, I had the idea of creating a photo study of their faces, a style of photography I have often admired in the work of others.  Most of the photos I left in color, a few I put in black and white.  Now at least, you can have faces in your mind when I mention them in future postings. 

The Last Day of the QUIP Conference

The last day of QUIP was a fun time to hang out and say goodbye to our friends. I hope you all enjoyed our time together. I look forward to talking with you about promotions for Spirit Rising!

This is the upstairs in the house the young adults slept in. It was a great house and it worked really well for us.

Many of us had laptops there, many of whom I would like to thank for lending them to me, including Liz Yeats below, so I could post here to my blog.

Not exactly the pictures you would expect to see from the last day of the QUIP conference but six of us on the board thought it would be fun to go to Katrina's friend's farm for some play time with the baby goats. They were extremely friendly and we had a delightful time cuddling them! One in particular wanted to crawl into everyone's laps and another was particularly fond of my hair.

Sylvia, the General Secretary for Friends United Meeting, took John and I to her home in Indianapolis after lunch to hang out there before she brought me to the airport in the evening. I had the chance to spend some time with her at her office on Quaker Hill a few days before but it was great to spend even more time with her that afternoon. Thank you Sylvia! The lights of home. Well, almost. I live an hour away but they still count.

Saturday at QUIP Conference

Saturday morning we had our worship service led by Harriet who passed around white paper in the shape of doves. On our paper, she instructed us to write our dreams and hopes for the book then release them into the "sky". May the book have a life of its own just like the birds.

Lunch time!
Ice cream sundaes were fantastic!

Harriet and Evelyn
Wess during lunch.

Spirit Rising is now available and for sale!

John Epur Lomuria and Emma Condori Mamani

Open Mike Night

Two of our contributors who attended the release.
Eight of us young adults went out to Smiley's: Old English Pub after Open Mike Night. However, as much fun as we had, and we had lots of laughs, Harriet assures me it is a new English pub, not anything like an old one. (Harriet is from England so she would know.)