Still Life
I have been busy, I feel like I’m always busy – I am in perpetual motion and while I proport to be an artist not enough of my time is spent making art. By far I spend more time promoting
This is Now
It is Tuesday morning and I'm enjoying the rain that continues to fall outside my window. I donned by rubber-boots, raincoat and rain-pants and went for my first rubber-boot walk of what I hope will be a nice wet rainy
Guardian Angels
When time are tough the tough get creative. A couple of weeks ago, if you could sift through all the other craziness, there was a Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco. This by all reports was a serious,
Love & Lose Forever Intertwined
Lucky, my sweet old dog of 15 plus years died Friday and my heart is has cracked open
Transitions: what to let go…
This past week my extended family gathered to help pack up my mom’s life in the sprawling home she built with my father some 30 years ago to move into a two-room apartment at the back of my house. Needless
Prepped & Ready
I'm teaching a two-day Encaustic Collage workshop this weekend at The Bishop's Ranch where I am the Resident Artist. This class is one I've taught many times, so I have a good idea of how to organize the space and
Waiting for a Vision – but while your waiting get busy!
I was talking to a dear friend this week who is on sabbatical for three months from her highly demanding work as an episcopal parish priest in a large parish on the east coast. When I asked her what she
Equality & Justice for ALL
I’m going to the Women’s March in Sacramento this Saturday. I want to explain why and urge you to participate too. For me, this is beyond politics; it is about a basic human right – the right to feel safe
Thinking of Mark
My cousin Mark died today and I feel compelled to write about him and how I feel. He was just a few years older than me, 57- I think, and he died of cancer that had spread within his body.