Marta  Wiggins

Growing up, Sunday mornings in my house meant my dad coming home from Saturday night patrol, eating breakfast while recounting the events...

My life is probably little different from many others. I have complaints and somedays, I just want to pull the covers over my head and...

On a hot summer day in July, I decided to get out and embrace the weather by taking my camera for a walk at the Huntington. On this day,...

This is a Huntington rose taken about a year and a half ago. My photo stream is filled with a multitude of roses and other flowers. I...

The doorways at Pueblo Bonito are iconic. I had the opportunity to visit Chaco Canyon, New Mexico several years ago. Pueblo Bonito is...

Words have a magical power that we rarely realize. They can heal, tear apart, bring together, build up or destroy. It is easy to forget...

Books and the ideas within can transform a person and shape thoughts as well as transform others through the way a life is lived. What...

Some photos just make me smile whenever I see them. A seal getting an early morning stretch in as fellow seals loll about. In the midst...

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Melekalikimaka, メリークリスマス, and all the other ways of wishing you and yours a wonderful day,...

This is one of my favorite sites at the Huntington. I love rounding the corner as I am coming back from the the Chinese Garden and...

I took this photo on August Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Descanso Gardens. It had been a long summer pulling double and at times triple duty...

Do you know a transgender person? Do you know that you know a transgender person? Chances are you do, whether you know it or not. Many...

This story begins with Ai, a 20ish Japanese woman who was at the end of her 3 month part-time English studies. She planned to return to...

I believe the woman without a #MeToo moment is the one that has lived cloistered away from society for her entire life. We have all had...

We all have beliefs, they are the lens that we filter the massive amount of information that assails us every moment of every day. It is...

For 11 days now, I have been house bound. Pain, has not been a major concern, in this I know I am fortunate. But. for the first 7 days,...

​ ​Today, I started The Sleepwalker by Chris Bojalian. It is on the list of potential books to discuss at the book club in 2018. Since I...

​Who is Sapphire Lucy? In short she is me. What is Sapphire Lucy Designs? Nothing fancy, just the name I use to credit my photography...

I spent much of the 1990's in Japan. My first trip was from April 1, 1989 to March 30, 1990. My second Japanese adventure was from...

I have been a Librarian for 11 years now. Its hard to believe how quickly that time has passed. It seems like a lifetime ago that I...