She can't eat what?

Sometimes your body screams at you so loud  there is no choice but to listen and take heed. I've long held the belief that the majority of modern day ailments in Western society are, without a doubt, strongly linked to what we eat. Or don't eat in...

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Despite everything

the amphibian inside us Because it's summer.  Because the air is heavy with heat and nostalgia. Because this is what we have to keep remembering, the way our bodies know the waves, the amphibian inside us unafraid of going under, of what ripples...

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bead sketches : month six

June was my birth month and I was having very mixed feelings about growing older, like we all do I suppose.  I try not to dwell on the negatives and instead, steer any introspection that occurs right towards that which is beautiful and calm and filled...

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bead sketches : month five

Bead sketching in May was like wrestling a dragon. But then, most everything in May felt like a wrestling match. Here, all of nature seems to "wake up" at this time of year ... spring  positively explodes ... and most afternoons I find myself wondering...

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Sweet, sweet spring

An explosion of petals everywhere I look! How I love this time of year .... purple-leaved plum in the parking lot at the post office variegated dogwood, 'Blue Muffin' viburnum, 'Midnight Masquerade' clematis, and a spritely pink volunteer aquilegia...

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bead sketches : month four

April's quartet ... which felt more like a kind of poem evolving than a weekly exercise in making; more like a continuous thought that moved quietly from one color palette to the next - which I will explain further  at the bottom of this post. Without...

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bead sketches : month three

March was a bit wild, not the least of which was the unrelenting rainfall which definitely set my teeth on edge by month's end (all time records were broken for Seattle!) but did make for cozy hours at the beading table and a guilt-free frame of mind as I...

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Her, with the camera

~ vintage photo, early version of stereo camera designed to take stereoscopic images ~ Do you remember your first? I do.  It was a box Brownie, bright pink plastic and I thought it was the cat's meow. That probably was the start of everything. Later,...

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