I was perusing Jan Richardson’s website yesterday and was reminded that she has her own hand-bound book of reflections for Lent called The Garden of Hollows: Entering the Mysteries of Lent and Easter.  I actually have a copy on my shelf which I ordered back before Advent so it is now sitting in my prayer space waiting for […]

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The winner of my random drawing this week is Christine Eleanor Merritt, who also happens to be a friend of mine here in Seattle. Christine is a poet, spiritual director, and labyrinth facilitator and we were in a writing group together for several months (in which at varying times we had a total of four different Christines […]

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I leave you this weekend with a link to an adorable and funny video answering the question of “what is art.”  It’s from Creature Comforts who interviewed regular people about a variety of subjects and then synced their answers to claymation animals. 
I am off to teach all weekend and looking forward to meeting my new students!
Thank you […]

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Call for Art Submissions 
For the last two issues of Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction I have been serving as the Interim Art Editor.   It has been a lot of fun, so I have now accepted the job on a more permanent basis. For each issue of the journal (published quarterly), my task is to find visual artwork that complements the […]

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I first heard about the 2008 smARTist-Telesummit through Waverly Fitzgerald (my calendar co-creator) who is going to be one of the speakers. As I read through the list of topics I knew this could be fruitful timing for me as I continue to explore marketing ideas but have little energy or enthusiasm for it.  I signed […]

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As I mentioned the other day, Waverly Fitzgerald has created a French Revolutionary Wall Calendar which features my nature photographs illustrating the seasonal theme of the particular month in the French Revolutionary calendar, for instance, January is Snowy/Rainy, and each day is marked with the item meant to be honored on that day. Usually these are plants […]

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Greetings dear readers,
This Advent has been a rich time for me so far and I have been doing a lot of reflecting on my creative life as well as actively creating!  Many new ideas are percolating in me, especially lots of collaborative possibilities.  Some things to look for in 2008:

A twice-monthly email newsletter with reflections […]

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I got a very gracious email from Jan Richardson, whose book Night Visions I highly recommended here a couple of weeks ago as my all-time favorite Advent resource.  She reported that she is now sold out and hopes to have it re-published by next year.  But she also shared with me an Advent blog she has […]

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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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My friend Rachelle at Magpie Girl has another zine available, this time in celebration of autumn.  Since we’re in a writing group together I got to preview the contents — her beautiful essays about celebrating different sacred autumnal feasts and festivals such as Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Ramadan, and an act of remembrance for 9/11, absolutely scrumptious […]

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