"Don't think.  Thinking is the enemy of creativity.  It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy.  You can't...

Inspired by Carl Sagan's quote, "We are made of star-stuff," I painted this galaxy umbrella: On the outside the umbrell...

Disappointments.  Fears.  Worries about the future.  Problems with a second pregnancy.  A break-up.  Struggles with job-hunting.  Illegal re...

I never know what to get people as gifts.  Maybe you're like me?  I walk through the entire store several times.  Each time around, I fi...

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever..  ~ Jacques Yves Cousteau      Jellyfish from Pink ...

"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."  ~  Mother Teresa    We...

My son is selling tickets... to the gun show.   

"I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you." ~ Roy Croft Hopefully one day...

"It would not just be items mingled, but also stories."  ~Masamichi Tohyam I recently watched this Etsy video on this blog.  I l...

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. - Hal Borland

I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear c...

Trees are the earth's endless effort  to speak to the listening heaven.   ~ Rabindranath Tagor