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I love how the snow lands on the tree limbs, defining them singularly by contrast. I also love how blue the shadows on the snow can look in some angles of light. And I love the shapes of the snow on grillwork, twigs, and rock walls…
Here are the commissioned sgraffito pottery plates I have just completed and delivered to blog readers like you. They all have been well received by their new owners for which I am doubly grateful!
I’m realizing that if I focus solely on the present moment, I have no story pinned to me, and no past or future comes into play unless I let it.
All these cookbooks have gorgeous food, delicious recipes, creative approaches, and phenomenal photography.
Staying present is the reason, after talking to thousands of people over the years, I still have aha moments. Meaningful things happen when you release the anxious thoughts and negative chatter in your head and tune in…
I’ve started some experimental abstract pieces, of which these are the first two completed.
A good slow cooker recipe is always welcome, but especially this time of year. You can eat it as is, simply totally pureed, or like us, add protein after it is all smooth for a little text
My hope is that this practice will make me (and you?) more aware of the constant flow of amazing good we are perpetually steeped in, which we are surrounded by all the time.
From the simplest lyric to the most complex novel, literature is asking us to pay attention. Pay attention …
Our phones are now cameras and mailboxes, gaming stations and boomboxes, messengers and social platforms, and searchable word wide information, all in one little slim thing.
I’ve found the decorative kale around to be quite striking this season. The one above is right outside our front door. I’ve made the collection of those photographed below…
I see here all sorts of influences from the pointillists and early (almost) fauves that have inspired my work for so long. My “dottiness” may stem from here or maybe it is just the rhythm my hand demands.
I hope you find something in these categorized links below something that is interesting, illuminating, helpful, or motivating
Notice it, embrace it, express it, get out of the way,
and enjoy being the only real, wonderful you.
Several of you asked for the Chicken Francese recipe my husband and our oldest daughter had for Thanksgiving, so I’ve gotten my husband to share it with you here
This book is billed as a novel, but it is a record of a fictitious woman poet being interviewed, including all her mind’s meanderings and flashbacks.
Here are some nuggets from my private prayers that I’ve been outwardly working on lately: