Happiness is.

A reintroduction.

Author

Blayne Macauley
May 16, 2023

Photo by Blayne Macauley

Welcome to the new and Improved This Photographer’s Life Blog written by Blayne Macauley. For those of you who are new here and don’t know the history, you can find all the archives here. I started the blog in 2006, and it grew to the 5th ranked Top Real Estate Blog in the world.

It chronicled the story of me falling in love with my husband, becoming a mother twice over, and finally stepping into a career as an artist.

Over the pandemic, I got really interested in the stock market and created a podcast called The Penny Lane Podcast. I really enjoyed creating the podcast, and am still enjoying different iterations of it but found myself missing writing.

I recently founded a blog to accompany the podcast called The Penny Lane Journal, which is a morning newsletter full of interesting news stories. While I love the creation of that community and the subject matter itself, I’ve found myself missing this subject matter… the food, art, fashion and houses.

There are so many fun ideas coming in the next few months, but for now, please share the newsletter and enjoy this orzo salad I’ve made 5 times in the last 4 weeks!

Lemony Orzo With Asparagus and Garlic Bread Crumbs Recipe

Every spoonful of this pasta has a happy jumble of lemony orzo, grassy asparagus, garlicky bread crumbs, fresh herbs and salty Parmesan The pasta and thinly sliced asparagus cook together in the same pot, then rest in a lemony dressing while the garlic bread crumbs are toasted, so the pasta has time to absorb as much flavor as possible.

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Talk soon,

Blayne