This last week was a big slow down for me as I was off carpooling duty. Whew! And it was wonderful to stay in my pajamas until noon and work in the studio a bit. For me, that's the beauty of winter…s.l.o.w.i.n.g. down. I finally, finally had time to work on my shrine for the Oaxaca … Continue Reading
If you are like me, you have ducked away from the festivities on this day of thanks and feasting to check in with fellow bloggers. I for one am delighted to take a break and see what everyone is up to. I am thankful that I don't have to cook for the hoards, as we … Continue Reading
When my daughter and I were in New York last month visiting colleges we popped into one of the city’s newest muesums, MAD – Museum of Art and Design. A little jewel with a tony Columbus Circle address, the museum seeks to “collect, disply and interpret objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art … Continue Reading
Way back in September I posted the picture above of the "Guardian Tree" at our new house, as part of Julie's bloglandia event, Getting Arboreal. The idea of this photography project was to choose a special tree and photograph it a couple of times over the seasons. You can find my first summer photos here, and a … Continue Reading
I know I've been away from Blog Land for a while…and here's why. My little guy, getting rather big now, has been working all fall on completing his course work for his Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do. The big day was Saturday, and four years of hard work and sustained attention and devotion, culminated … Continue Reading
Dia de los Muertos has arrived at my house, sneaking in just before the munchkins began roaming the streets on Halloween. The big skull came off the shelf in my studio to welcome guests, departed and living. My ofrenda (alter) went up in my entry way, a good spot to receive the souls of … Continue Reading
I'm up very early this morning getting ready to take my daughter to NYC to look at colleges. Which I really don't understand because she was six the first time we took her there and that was about 10 minutes ago! I found this lovely and inspiring video, from one my favorite big thinkers, this … Continue Reading
This weekend winter came barreling down on the front range of Colorado, just in time for the second weekend of Boulder's Open Studio Tour. Wet turned to snow and the fall leaves came tumbling down. While last week sported temps in the high 70's, Saturday reached just 18. I snapped this lovely shot with my … Continue Reading
If you are like me, when the weather begins to turn I start looking for new books to settle in with. It happens to me in the spring too, summer reading begins to whisper to me and I'm itching for some new print and plots and characters to take me away. And so it was … Continue Reading
The very handsome and talented Eddie Running Wolf is back on Niwot Road working his magic on another of the old cottonwood stumps that line the road. There are three of them and the first was transformed into… …Biitoheinen – Spirit Lodge Man, which I wrote about last October. This summer we were delighted to see that … Continue Reading