Winter Solstice Mandala {in celebration of}
Sunday December 21st marks the Winter Solstice, the first official day of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest night of the year. A time to reflect, recharge, and renew. I have always, in the past, been a warm … Continued
So much Gratitude {after a mini heart attack}
Thank God/The Universe /Whatever else you might call The Powers That Be for friends. Seriously. You might have noticed that the site has been down for the last four or five days . I’ve had this space since roughly 2011. … Continued
The Creators of Things {for people who can’t turn it off}
Some people are just born to be creators of things. It’s not so much of a conscious decision as it just IS. You can’t help it. If you don’t make things, don’t release that mental pressure valve in your brains, … Continued
More Hummingbird Artwork {purple and magenta…per the usual}
Remember when I said that if I didn’t make a conscious effort everything I created would end up in shades of blue and purple? This is what I was talking about. Actually, someone saw my other hummingbird image on my … Continued
Kaleidoscope Art and Root Canals {new artwork}
Well, my birthday is next Monday, and my gift from the universe turns out to be a root canal. As sarcastic as that sounds, it really does feel like a gift, because yesterday I was knocked on my ass by … Continued
till the stars fall from the sky {for you and I}
Nobody says it better than Jim Morrison. No matter where my musical tastes take me, there are certain bands I always find my way back to. The Doors are one of them. Dark. Moody. Dreamy. Poetic. The perfect soundtrack for … Continued
I Blinked {and it was November}
Eeeeep. It’s November. Not even early November. Two weeks until Thanksgiving November. It’s been a while, I know. I don’t know what happened. Well, actually I do. Life happened. Three of the four people living under this roof having birthdays, … Continued
Autumn Love {and new art}
It’s really only been over the last few years that I’ve developed a deep love for autumn. In the past, I always viewed it as nothing more than a gateway to winter, a precursor to numb fingers, frosty breath, and … Continued
Losing something you worked hard on {sh*t happens}
Who wants to hear about something incredibly stupid I did? (It was about a year ago.) You do? Oh, good. I’d been working on a series of little drawings for a few moths. They were all 9″x9″ or so, marker … Continued
On a Love of Weirdness…
“We’re all a little weird, and life’s a little weird, and when we meet someone whose weirdness is compatible with our own, we join up with them and fall into mutual weirdness and call it love.” If you’ve spent much … Continued