1 ~ somewhere deep within me, i know there is a book to be written. i hear it quietly whispering to me in the background of my internal dialogue. i can’t make out the words clearly yet, so i don’t know what this book wants to be, but i feel it there. waiting to shout [...]

i sit here today beginning to write, then deleting and rewriting. i’ve done this several times now. i know i have things to say. there are lots of things swirling around in my head but the thoughts and feelings are not forming easily. it feels like trying to catch the fog. i can’t pin anything [...]

this year for the holiday season, my goal ls to try to go as green as i can with my gift giving. charlie brown is so right, the holidays are too focused on commercialism. art everyday month has really helped me start thinking of fun gift ideas i can make, and how to create them [...]

home unfolding
for a new world of wonders to explore and discover…movers with smiles even in dust and rain…emails awaiting our arrival from family and friends…the stack of boxes getting smaller and smaller…celebrating the first snowflakes of the season outside our new wide windows by playing this cd and dancing with my son…finally finding and [...]

ˈsaŋ(k)-chə-ˌwer-ē\function: nounetymology: middle english seintuarie, sanctuarie, from anglo-french, from late latin sanctuarium, from latin sanctusdate: 14th century1: a place of refuge and protection b (1): a refuge for wildlife where predators are controlled and hunting is illegal 2: the immunity from law attached to a sanctuary 3: a consecrated place: b (1): the most sacred [...]

this is the art of our days right now. the art of saying goodbye.
with our move coming upon us quickly and this sudden shift in educational paths into the world of special ed, life is dishing up this hard lesson to us in very challenging doses.
my four year old and i spent the good part [...]

a lot is being thrown our way these days and it is all coming in great crashing waves. we are being challenged to the very core of what we know and believe ~ about love, about expectations, about the physical world and the role of “things” in our life, about money, about community, about family, [...]

as promised…the paper wedding quilt(front and back)

this is my intro post in honor of leah’s art every day month for november. i will post once a week (probably on fridays) to give you a little glimps into my creative world.

i am always creating, so i do think that i already create something each day [...]