Whirly Ways

Whirly Ways

Remember whirlycopters? As kids we’d toss ’em up and watch ’em spin to the ground. For the Walking in This World class that just started, I asked us all to find a metaphor for our intention. Perhaps out on a walk, or somewhere else, we were to find...
Sweet Spot

Sweet Spot

When I bought my house over two decades ago, I imagined hanging out on my porches. One in front, one in back, I set them up with sweet seating and conversation. It really hasn’t been until this year that I have successfully sat down. Like many of us, I tend to...
New Spaces

New Spaces

Life unfolds, and for unforeseen reasons I made the move to begin renting an office space. Don’t get me wrong. I have enjoyed holding my classes in various galleries, churches, studios and even coffee shops around town. It was good to have such a changes of...

Doors Off!

It’s been 21 years. For all 21 years I have lived in this house, I have disliked the kitchen cupboards. Simply awful! For 21 years I have been imagining replacing them, talking to my brother about making new cupboards altogether. Then it dawned on me. Why not...

Patient Bloom

Two years have passed since this orchid from a friend has braved the blooming process. So precious, so seemingly rare and so very inspiring to me. One day to the next, the closed bud nudges open and somehow turns itself inside out. Or is it outside in? Either way, the...