LJ Rucker

For the last several Thanksgivings, we've road-tripped from Oklahoma all the way to the east coast of Florida, to celebrate with my [now] in-laws and all their friends and family. When I'm not helping my Mom-in-Law with the cooking, I like to get out and enjoy the different environment and wildlife Florida offers. One of the big differences between Oklahoma and Florida are frogs and geckos... lots of them! Also, fun fact: this latest Thanksgiving there was a gecko that had go

My art and photography has always been something that has always been present in my life, but I've never been sure what direction I'm supposed to go with it. I've had highs and lows of art productivity, times of encouragement, but also times where I felt it would never be anything more than a side hobby, that I should just stick with being an accountant. Often, I was actually okay feeling this way. But that wasn't okay with this guy. I married this amazing dude this June, but

About a year ago I got this crazy idea to set up a website in an effort to consolidate all my projects I've accumulated over the years. When I first set up the website, I did it with zero knowledge of web design or anything related to that (remember, I'm an accountant by trade!) I messed with the site here and there over the months, but just never really "loved" what I'd thrown together. In an act of frustration, I copied the site, and did a complete overhaul of everything. A