"The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all." – Julia Margaret Cameron I had the great pleasure of spending a week in Taos this summer. Drawing. Exploring the lines created by … Continue Reading
the river solitude stoney totems hot feet in glacial water Rio Grande surface of glass cool stones shimmer I spent last week in Taos at a wonderful drawing class – more on that later when I have more time to digest everything. We spent one enchanted early morning on the banks of the Rio Grande. … Continue Reading
Last week found me in The City, taking my daughter to college orientation – which when it was all said and done was fabulous for her – but she thinks it's cruel that they get you there, make you fall in love with it and then turn around and send you back home for a … Continue Reading
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Buongiorno! I've just come back from 10 days in Italy! Yes, I was able to sneak away, leave the kids, and tag along on a business trip with my husband. I love Italy (really who doesn't) and just soaked it all in. I am NOT a coffee drinker, but I am hooked like a crack … Continue Reading
"There's a moment in every journey when the trip you are on presents itself, and the one you had planned is jettisoned." – Andrew McCarthey This was our motto last week for spring break on the beautiful island of Maui. As visions of sun and the gentle, velvet air of Hawaii caressing our skin danced … Continue Reading
Just back from the PLAY Retreat in Port Townsend with fellow journalers. I love the watery and tree inhabited land of Washington state. It's so beautiful and so very different from the high and very dry plains of Colorado. The Seattle cityscape a tangle of bare branches reaching up… …while down on the street, a … Continue Reading
Last weekend my husband and I left the kids for the day (one of the great joys of having almost grown up kids – no babysitters) and bombed down to Taos to pick up the doors that I had found last summer for my new studio. And of course if I'm anywhere within about a 100 … Continue Reading
The flowers this summer have me completely at their mercy, I am entralled and overtaken by their voluptuous, verdant beauty. So when my boys decided at the last minute to high tale it over to Kansas to an Edge Of Space Sciences jamboree of sorts (nerds are us!), I checked out the classes at Anderson … Continue Reading
I know I've been gone for a while. Spring Break had us piling in the sedan and heading south to Santa Fe. No planes or airport hassels, just the long, beautiful drive down the road to the New Mexico desert. The drive fills me with wonder at the open spaces and makes me believe in … Continue Reading