Juicyfruit

Juicyfruit

On a sunny Sunday morning, driving home from an overnight at a campout my husband goes on every August, in my peripheral vision on the side of River Road, were these grapes. Their orange color stood out – orange grapes?  I pulled over on the lumpy-grass shoulder...
January 12, 2016 – Showing up

January 12, 2016 – Showing up

A new painting in progress. Showing up for my work. Last night while I was painting, I was having a conversation with my dear friend, Vicki. At one point, she said “You show up. You show up for your family, for your friends, for your students, you show up in your...
January 5, 2016 – The story of a painting

January 5, 2016 – The story of a painting

Over the weekend I finished a painting, I started two and a half years ago. The finished painting is so far from what I’d imagined and what the original photograph inspired, so I thought I’d share its progress with you. I had no conception of this as the finished...
December 22, 2015 – Being Christmas

December 22, 2015 – Being Christmas

I’m married to “Mr. Christmas.” He does an amazing job on the lights – just one of the ways he lights my life. I wrote a story several years ago, as a contribution to a friend’s site: tellourlifestories.com. It was about a Christmas that was...