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Days 2-5: Our trip by the numbers

Total miles traveled, Philadelphia area to Portland area, round-trip: Let’s say 800+ (yowza!) Number of gorgeous models photographed: 3 in our presence (including my daughter); plus 2 more Number of times I marveled at photographer Carrie Hoge’s incredible skill and talent:  1,080 Number of miles of coastline ogled:  scores — at both high and low tide Number of islands tromped…

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Day 1: Dawning realization

I have been outwitted by my captor. I confess to having felt a bit smug. Four days with my twelve-year-old daughter, on the road, for a photo shoot for my next book. Thelma and Louise (without the grifters and the double suicide). Mother-daughter bonding. Shared confidences and giggling after lights-out. I did not realize that I was putty in her…

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