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I am obsessed by color. I am a sucker for the drama of striking light. I keep being drawn to the lush fullness of fruit. I’m soothed by looking at flowers. I think food can be as beautiful as anything else. I want only the simplicity of watercolor – painting pure pigment on cotton paper. I love to make these paintings.

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Watercolor Conversations

For four years I faithfully wrote weekly journal entries for my blog.  Now and then I go back to what I’ve written and think that some of this huge body of  content could be given new life – but the impulse was to use my speaking voice this go-round.

Watercolor Conversations with Cara Brown is the result.  I am re-visiting some of these journal entries – sharing the stories, seeking, and inspiration in my written words – along with whatever else occurs to me to say at this point in time. 

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July 28, 2015 – Our coming out party

July 28, 2015 – Our coming out party

Read this post: [I’m on vacation with Joe and Bo in Tahoe. As I write this, I’m sitting on the deck facing the sunrise and it’s just beautiful! I want to go on our morning hike, so there’s no recording today! I’ll resume when I’m back the second week of August.] On...

July 21, 2015 – I couldn’t have dreamed

July 21, 2015 – I couldn’t have dreamed

This December it will have been eight years since my spiritual God Mother, Donna and I went to a day-long event at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, being given by the Buddhist meditation teacher Sylvia Boorstein and Sister Mary Neill - two spiritual teachers from...

July 14, 2015 – Starting with Surrender

July 14, 2015 – Starting with Surrender

Making a commitment to write every week has taken a leap of faith. I so feared that I’d peter out, leaving my abandoned online journal as evidence for all the world to see that I’m not able to stick with things. And, I keep worrying I’ll run out of things to write...