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2014 Brave,  2015 Color ,  2016 Free 2017 Curious,  2018 Connection ,   2019 Joy,  2020 HOPE Since 2014, I have selected a word of the y...

Recently, after picking up our older daughter from college, we started with a lively conversation, driving home in the December darkness. T...

At the beginning of this year, I chose JOY as my word for 2019. At the time, it felt a little cliche', but I kept coming back to it. In ...

In July during an art retreat at the Grand Marais Art Colony with Minnesota artist and mentor Lynn Speaker, we were asked to answer the ques...

"Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity." Twyla Tharp.  EVE...

My word for 2019… JOY! That is it. I don’t choose my word of the year lightly. In fact, I think about it on and off for a few months, ask...

“I define connection as the energy that exists between people  when  they feel seen, heard,  and valued; when they can give   and recei...

For five years, I have been choosing a word of the year. Two years ago I said this: Choosing one word isn't an easy task, yet that i...

On January 1, 2017, I chose CURIOSITY as my word for the year.  Like each year  since  2014, I didn't know where the ideas  surround...

When I write my first book, it will most likely be entitled, Curiosity Cured the Cat. Just want to throw that out there, now. Each year, f...

Life is beautiful. Then, messy. Then, beautiful. We cannot be so afraid of the next mess that we don't appreciate the beaut...

Currently, 7 of my paintings, 8 pattern designs on fabric, 1 pattern on wallpaper, 5 mixed-material paintings on vintage doors, and a v...