I am hoping to do a post a day for the month of february– I’ll be happier if I get here more often, so I posed a little challenge to myself to help me along. 3 quick images from my phone– my computer through a mason jar, brushes, bookshelf with floormess Share This:

I’ve been thinking a lot about human nature– that is, the nature of each of us. Many folks in my life have folks in their lives they wish would change, right now. And I was thinking how very hard change is. Folks tend to change only when they want something badly enough, or very badly… Read More

Tonight there is a big wonderful moon, and the air is very cold all of a sudden after some crazy warm weather. Tomorrow evening is opening campfire for the free-form creativity weekend– a manifestation of my idea to create a virtual gathering of folks from all over, doing creative work.  I feel so strongly about… Read More

You are invited to the Mid-December Campfire!   Please join me in adding some light to this dark season with our second virtual creativity workshop!   When: December 9-11, 2011 Where: www.thatplacewego.blogspot.com What: A totally free, open hearted on-line gathering of like-minded people!   The idea of the campfire began while Squam Art Workshops was… Read More

Go here, read this. Quick, beautiful, profound, true. Trust Tending and the Internet. Share This:

I realize, once again, that I have put myself in a position where I don’t feel I can do my best for everyone I have said yes to. So I am strategizing. Trying to figure out how I can salvage the situation to make myself feel better, more under control, more capable, less conflicted. It… Read More

An invitation: September 16-18, 2011 When I think of art workshops and retreats, I think of beautiful destinations, great food, time set aside specifically for creating and delving into what it means to be a creative person. I think of companionship, of risk taking, of moving a project or idea back off the shadowy shelves… Read More

it has to do with what we put out there it has to do with what, sometimes, comes back sometimes the gifts are immediate, a thank you, praise, a smile sometimes the gifts are a long time coming, like the joke you get a week after the party, or the realization, slowly or suddenly or… Read More

One of the things I do is paint. My favorite moment (not because it is fun, but because it indicates a turning point in my process) is the moment in which I have made such a mess that I am uncertain if anything good can ever come of it. Almost always, that is when the… Read More