So much of life as I knew it has shifted the past two months. I am learning new ways of living, am reading books that never were of interest to me before, hardly cooking yet still eating fairly healthy as that is what I do, reaching out to see friends as I need to, binge […]
health
walking out of the darkness…
I have made two pieces of deep, dark work this spring, that are reflective of my caregiving journey. I finally got downstairs yesterday to photograph them. It was so helpful that my daughter was here to help me figure out the new tripod with all its fancy bells and whistles. While I have been […]
Mindscapes: Trapped
41″ x 34″ As I was drawn further into 24/7 caregiving, grief manifested in my knee, rendering me crippled and isolated in my pain. I felt trapped. screen-printed, machine applique, machine stitched
Mindscapes: Descent 2
29.5″ x 23.5″ Inspired by my husband’s descent into Parkinson’s. repurposed quilt, textile paint, machine applique, machine stitched
the fine art of woo-woo…
When I was in high school, maybe junior high, my father took a self-improvement course that nearly cost his children their sanity…the Dale Carnegie Course of Self-Improvement. It was, at the time, all the rage for corporate success; i.e., how to make more money for the corporation. Dale Carnegie was the developer of courses in self-improvement, […]
musings about the muse…
The other night when I was awake more than asleep I gave considerable thought to shutting down my blog. My reasons were three-fold: I can’t seem to post on a regular basis anymore, do I really want to share so much of myself online and is it even read it anymore? We all have so […]
the weary life of a studio artist…
I’ve been actively limiting my screen time for two reasons, both related to over-use & my body complaining. After a three day migraine caused by a “small” volunteer project for a non-profit organization; a database update that required three documents to be open simultaneously and transferring data from those three to another file online while […]
on the mind-body connection…
I have been a firm believer in the mind-body connection for over 40 years. I only go to the doctor when I have exhausted all other options, which is infrequent. And yet, occasionally, I forget… I have been actively self-educating on black history for a while now. I am not a great reader, which is […]
time flies…or not
When last we left our heroine…A few days after my fabulous weekend jaunt to Alaska, I woke up with a bad foot. It was bad in the sense that it really hurt and I couldn’t bear weight. Other than that I knew nothing! I figured I had sprained it somehow, well actually thought I had […]
back at it…
2018 has been hectic thus far… took a short trip, got bad news about a friend’s health, got the flu and battled that for two weeks, followed by nearly three weeks of digestive issues. Now hoping that I am on the mend, I am pondering my next creative steps. I decided to do a no. […]
opportune flu timing…
Today is day 10 of my stint with the flu. Yesterday I felt totally great yet did nothing because I had been warned of relapse. And alas, today, there it was, just the same. After 10.5 hrs of sleep I could barely get out of bed. Of course by now, hubs who got the shot […]
inspiration in unexpected places…
Yesterday five women came to my studio to see what I do. This idea started over the course of a year when a long time friend from the local quilt guild said she wanted to be a ‘fly on the wall’ in my studio. Then another local friend of 40+ years mentioned that she too […]
on aging…
The end goal for finishing the Defining Moments series of 25 pieces is my 70th birthday. Since I am now working on no.19 one could surmise that 70 is approaching. Yes, indeed this is the year, should I be fortunate enough, to reach my 70th birthday. I find that prospect both exhilarating and daunting. Mostly […]
unexpected nirvana…
I just returned from a fabulous five-day art retreat on the shores of Lake Tahoe. What could have been a disastrous turn of events actually turned into nirvana for me. The classroom I was assigned to was midway up on billy goat mountain. I traversed it slowly with cane and friend in tow four times […]
designer parts…
At last report I was zipping along to a work-stoppage deadline imposed by an upcoming total knee replacement. Normally I like to avoid deadlines as they intimidate more than inspire but I was making significant progress with my self-imposed timeline. Last Thursday I received an evening phone call from the surgeon who said he was postponing surgery for a […]
sage wisdom…
It seems to be human nature in this society obsessed with celebrity and plastic surgery to fret about aging body parts. While I generally feel fabulous and live consciously in my broken body, every once in a while life throws me a curve where I begin to obscess about an aging part. For some time […]
