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Excited — Not Excited

When you feel uninspired and plain ole ‘flat lining’ on the excitement scale, do this:

Stop the struggle.

Ask yourself where your excitement is embodied today.

How Big the Moon

Summer nights of full moons and fireflies and star-filled heavens melt me in my tracks.
Every single time.

I must return…Portofino

Your waters, your colors, your beauty nestled among the hills that kiss the sea

Yes feels like…

Yes feels good…
Like possibilities, ocean spray, a good book, laughter of your best friend and more.

Feb Fun 15! From my heart to yours~

Feb Fun 15! It’s from my heart to yours, after a long month of hard losses

There was a day, a moment, a turning point that she decided to choose fun as the ‘boss’ in her life. Fun got to make the choices of how the day would be spent.

Words have power

et us hold each other in love and look for ways to simply just have fun.
We are, after all, just walking each other home.

Doubling Down

As often is the case in challenging times in our lives—we are growing roots and strength in the dark passages. We just can’t see it. The other night as I lay, trying to let my mind unwind from a loss in my life, I shifted gears to focus on something that made me happy, something…

Does 2020 feel like the longest year in recorded history??

I’m laughing at myself because I just looked at something I did way back in SEPTEMBER.
I scarcely remember doing it. 
(It feels like September was about 3 years ago—can I get an amen?!)

Do One Thing (that you really want to do!)

Make sure in all of your doing today, to do something delightful for you. It’s easy to forget that we have the power to do this. Busy with real life stuff we forget to do the simple things that help lift our spirits in all the right places.

I was a guest on the ‘Learn to Paint’ podcast and here’s what happened…

I did a Learn to Paint podcast that has some talking points I thought you might find helpful/inspiring/downright funny…

In the interview, I talk about: How I got into art, What I need from reference photos, Being conscious of what I want to paint, Biggest challenges I see students facing with color, Getting and avoiding mud, Palette strategy vs painting strategy and more!!