This is Pleasing to Me
My word for the week is PLEASING. Let me back up a bit and explain. I have been trying to meditate more, trying to create a little quiet space in my mind and body each week if not each day.
Mandala Morning
Today I was given a little gift, a surprise, a wonder. When I cut open this pomegranate today I was presented with a perfect mandala. What is funny about this gift is today for some reason, perhaps the early hour,
Supported: an uplifting story
I am excited to share my latest article in Quilting Arts Magazine. This is a great issue about artist giving back. I submitted the art quilt of the bra and the words supported back in the spring. Earlier in the
Getting Dirty and Loving It!
This past week my husband Jack and I went to a workshop on natural earth building techniques. The workshop was held at Camp Galilee on beautiful Lake Tahoe. My husband and I went on a trip last fall to Chicago
Happy Birthday to Me!
I am fiftyonederful today and glad to be alive. Thanks to my family and friends and you dear followers who have joined me in this journey round and round the sun, I am truly blessed. This morning I went for a
So much to do, so much to share!
It’s been a busy summer with camps, vacations and visitors. And while summer isn’t over yet there is a sense of winding down from one mode to the next. Summer for me has a bit of a different energy and
One Day
One day - a whole unit neatly marked by sunrise and sunset, by mockingbird and great horned owl. One day to work and rest and play. One day to be who we need, want, hope to be. One day to
What to do With a Blank Slate?
I am participating in an interesting challenge proposed by the editors of ClothPaperScissors magazine. The proposal is that I, along with 9 other artists, would be sent a package of mystery products and we would have a month to make
Be Strong, Take Heart
This week a complicated convergence of ideas was at work in my spinning brain and in my little studio. I will try to explain what went on because somewhere in there I think is something important. It all started on
Confessions of a Speed Freak (or Taking Time for Tea)
If you have been reading my blog for awhile then you know that I (like everyone) wrestle with shoving all the things I need to do into the twenty-four hours that are granted me each day. And I (like everyone)