So, the new floors are in and a (relative) peace has settled in the house.  No more workers and saws and buzzing noises and dust!  Well,...

The mustard is in full bloom around here, so I am feeling very springy.  Isn't that gorgeous?  When I took Miss C to her horseback ri...

 During this past week (and for the next few days) the entire downstairs of the house has been in extreme disarray as workers tear out th...

I am feeling quite empowered these days.  Last week was about wielding a paintbrush (Emplowerment Phase 1) -- this week it has been powe...

Do I have the flu? Or an ordinary head cold? If I feel like this, does it matter knowing what it is? Chicken soup never tastes as good ...

On a good day --a very, very good day -- this is how my office/studio could look.  I say "could" because it would have required...

Apparently there are people who can paint a room and end up with all of the paint on their walls, instead of on their bodies and clothes....

There are times in one's life that present opportunities for reinvention.  Sometimes we recognize them, as with the start of a new jo...

You may have surmised by my frequent silences here that the past year has been a strange and difficult one for me.  I've found it har...

In the wake of the horrific events in Connecticut, so many of us are wondering how such a thing could happen.  News media have begun to spec...

Today we are revealing our responses to the theme "Sweet" over on the 12x12 blog .  Here's my response, which I call "...

I have mentioned here that lately, life is complicated.  I'm doing lots of sorting out and evaluating and deciding and understandin...

   Thank you to all who have commented or emailed with nice words about my watercolor experimenting!  I have really appreciated it.    ...

I just realized it's been over a week since I posted here last.  Oops!  I've been catching up after my quilty week away.  And I...

 I have been at PIQF for the last 5 days, taking a 3 day course on quilt judging, teaching a unit on art principles applied to quilts, a...

     I am trying to get back into doing a bit of drawing and watercolor painting, with the help of a group of friends.  We decided to give...

  Are you interested in seeing the art quilt projects that go badly wrong?  If so, I tell the story of a "maverick" quilt that ...

    I've been so discombobulated lately that I've not made much time for sewing -- but it's a good thing that I've had a ...

     One of the things I enjoy about homeschooling Miss C is finding ways to make learning fun -- or if not more fun, more palatable, or ...