Collection

Dinner, Brigitte Bardot and Gratitude

A gathering of aromas and laughter mixed with time and place

Keep Painting

‘Always, always keep painting,’ she said. ‘It will hold you up in difficult times.’

Wildness

If we want more wildness in our lives, we have to be willing to let go of some control.
~Ingrid Fetelle Lee, from her book ‘Joyful’

Decisions


I decided
not to get old before my time

to place my thoughts, time and again, back onto the things that are true

to go slow and be grateful

We ain’t seen nothin’…YET

There is a three-letter word I love.
Crammed full of possibility, hope, and dreams

The Familiar and the New

The Familiar and the New

The two most engaging powers of an author are
to make new things familiar
and familiar things new.
~ Dr. Samuel Johnson

Creating

Creating

We are someone who makes things
We lose ourselves in the making
We find ourselves in the making
It is the making of us

The Almighty Beauty of Anything and Everything

The Almighty Beauty of Anything and Everything

If you’ve left yourself for far too long, not allowing for the almighty beauty to carry you away, this is a reminder of what you’re missing.

Watercolor Days and Ink Swept Nights

Watercolor days and ink swept nights

Painting— its color, line, and rhythm—gives a glimpse into the emotional content of scenes like this. It speaks to…

‘Life is good, I recommend it.’

I was in my 30s and she was in her 60s. I had come to study with her in the woods of Big Timber, Montana. Flown in amid a crush of men going fly fishing…