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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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April 14, 2015 – Home *is* where the heart is

April 14, 2015 – Home *is* where the heart is

I’ve been following Kelly Flanagan’s weekly posts. He’s a dad, husband and therapist in the Midwest and he writes insightfully and inspiringly about marriage, family and life in general in his blog:  Untangled:  tell a redemptive story of your life. now.  Last...

April 7, 2015 – Twenty seconds of insane courage

April 7, 2015 – Twenty seconds of insane courage

Yesterday morning, on the way to my in-laws to take them some Easter dinner leftovers, I was listening to KQED, San Francisco’s NPR radio station.  Weekday mornings they broadcast Forum, a locally produced interview/call-in show. The guests are always interesting,...

March 31, 2015 – What has us step up and commit?

March 31, 2015 – What has us step up and commit?

A photo I took, over the top of a fence on my tiptoes! Today marks six months of writing a post to my online journal every, single Tuesday.  Through the holidays and the busy times and the weeks I thought I had nothing to say, I’ve found something and I’ve written and...