Were you fortunate enough to have parents who said to your child self things like, “ Don't eat with your elbows on the table. Sit up straight. Don't litter. Say thank you to the nice lady for helping you.” If so, even if you resisted some when you were 5, you learned...

A friend described this time of pandemic as "introvert heaven."  I suspect it is also "artist heaven."  At least it seems so for me.  This is not to diminish the genuine suffering caused by our current global situation, but here on Cortes Island the most challenging...

Letting nature take its course is possible "when one is aware of and aligned with the forces of nature."  This quote from Tao Te Ching, translated by R.L. Wing, continues: "We already know that it is rarely worth the effort to swim upstream but do we know which way...

Losha, the momma cat and queen of our household, looks calmly asleep on the household altar. But what a story to get here. As you can see, she is wearing something odd.  Part of a sock.  With a classy turquoise neck piece. But she is not newly employed as a kitty...

Everything needs a home. Especially the art of making. So this home where the deer was just walking by, is a good home for making a drum. If you asked me what caused a middle aged white woman to leave a University teaching post to become a drum maker-- I would...

Will  you  listen?  A simple enough question.  Or so it seems until one contemplates "Listen to whom, listen to what? It seems easy enough to listen to fear.  Much is being destroyed. We always seem to be at war with something. Nature if not each other.  Usually both....

In this time of pandemic, why would I ask Jupiter for a miracle?  Because I read a post by Susan Miller  which opens with these provocative statements: "...this crisis is brought to you by Pluto, a powerful planet that deals with huge financial matters, masses of...

Big Magic has changed my view of the art muse. I recently finished this book by Elizabeth Gilbert, just before my chosen granddaughter's 3rd birthday.  Her mom mentioned that Zyla wanted “animals and their houses.” What to do with that? Click here to read the full...