Congratulations to my mentor and dear friend Judy Reeves for her recent publication of Wild Women, Wild Voices - Writing From Your Authentic Wildness. It's a beautiful book filled with research on others who have written wild before us and inspirational notes for...

      A Confession I warned him not to rock the boat but as usual he couldn’t help himself. We ended up in a half-embrace. Betrayals gathered like clouds & a storm brewed. He tugged at the jib of my fragile emotions but they ripped & blew away....

Before After I bought the old drawer in a junk shop because the chipped peeling paint and funky silver handle really called to me. It cost a whopping seven dollars! In my studio I cleaned it, splashed another coat of paint along the edges and added lace. Then I...

Mornings are my prime time and I cherish it. That's when the house is quiet, the muse is with me and I can think clearly. I don't make early appointments and have trained my household, to leave me be. As soon as I wake up I get my cup of tea, crawl back into bed with...

1. Chop up Glamour magazines and throw them in the compost pile. 2. Lose eyesight so as not to see wrinkles in the mirror. 3. Sift through closet. Donate high heels, mini dresses and too tight jeans to the Good Will. (Only keep the bathing suit with little skirt.) 4....

It was my pleasure Saturday, November 15 to host Jane LaFazio as our guest artist at the J & J Ranch. The retreat was a sellout with 18 fabulous students of all levels in attendance. And the weather was perfect to boot. After a brief introduction we walked the...

One of my earliest memories was a trip to Disneyland. I must have been about three or four. I don't remember much about that day except as soon as it grew dark a spotlight hit the top of the Matterhorn and Tinkerbell with a blonde bun hairstyle and shiny green outfit...

The Blue Danube Waltz is one of my latest mosaics. This summer I bought many of the pieces from one of the most exciting places in the world. The Budapest Flea Market is a found object artist's dream jam-packed full of treasures. To buy the ancient keys, man, woman...

  In order to create you have to gather materials first. For art you buy easels, paints, brushes, for dance you grab your music and shoes, to write you need your pens, journals, or computers. To fish you also have to gather the equipment; rod, reel, and worms....