I am so delighted that my new reflective art journal Callings arrived today at my door, a day earlier than I expected (plus the holiday cards I had printed with my images which you can see here also).  I have been a busy little elf addressing envelopes to all of my wonderful subscribers and new orders, plus […]

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This photo is of my grandmother on my mother’s side.  The baby is my uncle and the little girl is my mother. My uncle is the only one left alive from this image.
I can see a theme developing in my art already — I used a wooden board as a base, adhered white tissue paper […]

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Loving Advent
Christmas is coming
but Advent is here.
A time of waiting -
Not for gifts to open
but for our very selves.
Our hearts open slowly.
We must wait and wonder.
Something new will come
out of the darkness.
Let yourself sink
into the unknowing.
Bring a pillow, get comfortable.
Waiting in Advent
is like planting
bulbs for the spring.

-Pamela McCauley
Pam was one of the participants at our […]

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Yesterday afternoon I spent hours diving into art materials and experimenting. My new favorite material to work with is tissue paper. I worked off of 8×8 canvases, then used acrylic gel medium as my glue and as a layer over the top. I recently got some sparkly art tissue and tore off three colors and created […]

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Rachelle at Magpie Girl has some really lovely things to say about my new journal Praying With the Elements.  If you haven’t ordered yourself a copy and you enjoy this blog, I’d be most grateful for your support of my work.  You can order through Etsy, or you can just send me an email at […]

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I am honored to be included in this compilation of quotes by artists speaking about their art as a part of a grant project to explore creativity and spirituality.  Some intriguing words for reflection found there, not to mention links to some fabulous artists’ websites.  Click on over to find some inspiration.
How would you articulate […]

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The world does not need words. It articulates itself
in sunlight, leaves, and shadows. The stones on the path
are no less real for lying uncatalogued and uncounted.
The fluent leaves speak only the dialect of pure being.
The kiss is still fully itself though no words were spoken.
And one word transforms it into something less or other –
illicit, […]

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I had a dream the other night:  
In the building where we live one of the condos is going to be rented out for a couple of months, so I decide to go take a look at it. When I first walk in, there is a small cramped kitchen with a stairway going up from the […]

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“My own belief is that one regards oneself, if one is a serious writer, as an instrument for experiencing. Life—all of it—flows through this instrument and is distilled through it into works of art. How one lives as a private person is intimately bound into the work. And at some point, I believe one has […]

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I am back home again from my travels.  Today was a very long drive from Ashland, Oregon where we saw a delightful production of As You Like It last night at the Shakespeare Festival.  I’ve been blessed with the opportunity for lots of trips and learning this summer — a season of playfulness and wonder that has done […]

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