Mama (Niz) and me with Kaleidoscope – it won second place at the fair! This is a re-post from June 7, 2016 – 13 months ago. It’s late again today – the holiday yesterday and a project that had to be done today kept me away from writing.... 
“Kaleidoscope – the work of: Robin Bentel, Sondra Blake, Jean Brady, Cara Brown, Niz Brown, Shannon Brown, Karen Burkland, Maria Carlile, Sue Devinny, Velda Draper, Ann Eichhorn, Paulette Engler, Heather Hughes, Ann Jessen, Virginie Kortekaas, Suzie Lahr,... 
“This painting will hold down the fort in my studio while I’m away.” We are getting ready to go on vacation and I’m in full-on get-ready mode. The list of things to do today is long and if I let myself think about it too much, I can get almost... 
The painting I’m working on – I got the hard part done first – the fuzzy background. I still don’t find them easy! Do you ever wonder who ate the first artichoke? Who saw this prickly, thistly thing and thought it would be edible? I ask... 
Oh, to have a day alone with beauty. I adore the people in my life. But sometimes it is just as sweet to have the time to myself. Particularly when it’s part of my creative life. I can follow my own whims and rhythm without tending to anyone else’s. Spring in... 