10/26: I’m grateful for the opportunity to spend some creative time with my mom and one of her friends and for the increasing popularity of Dia de los Muertos, a Mexican holiday whose theme and folk art I adore. The three of us had fun decorating Sugar Skulls at a[…]
8/9: This chipmunk is part of a table setting entered by a friend into our fair’s table setting competition. Her annual entries have opened my eyes to a whole new world of creative expression. She started competing in 2014 and since then I make a special trip to the fair[…]
July 24: It is a gratitude kind of day. Rolling out of bed this morning I thanked my cat. He let me sleep until I was ready to get up. And then I thanked my body for its continued healing of the cyst on my back drained by a doctor[…]
June 8: Last weekend was amazing. I gathered with 4 other women for a weekend of creativity, inspiration, soul filling conversation, nurturing, my first aura reading, oracle cards, homemade Crab Eggs Benedict , a visit to my first metaphysical store, singing, dancing, Margaritas, art education, Reiki, sweet Bella, and a[…]
June 2: I’m enjoying one big art date with two women from Michigan, one from Illinois, one from Canada, and myself from California. These women have nurtured me creatively and spiritually for just over 3 years now and I’m grateful to be here with them this weekend.
May 4: Turned on the sprinklers in my rose garden and noticed a warthog in the nearby stump of a recently removed dead bush. Art in nature always brightens my day.
April 16: I can almost count my first cousins with one hand. I can if I count only those that are still with us. My dad was an only child so my cousins are all on my mom’s side of the family. My mom and her sisters are close and they wanted[…]
March 26: I am grateful for the magazine, Art Journaling, by Stampington & Company. My fingers are drawn to the high quality paper and my mind is stimulated by the art journaling pages and the story and techniques of each of the featured artists. I had some time to myself this afternoon and stopped to[…]
February 15th: Pablo Picasso said, Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up. Well I’m trying to re-acquaint myself with the artist inside and today I was very successful. My mom and I spent the day making art with shaving foam. It’s a very messy[…]