{Memory Keeping} The Magic of Story Worth
Have you heard of StoryWorth? I hadn’t until my sister suggested we gift subscriptions to our Mom and Dad. Basically, StoryWorth makes it easy for people to share their stories with loved ones. Each...
View Article{Art} Exciting News …
Guess what? I’m doing a little happy dance … I’m going to be the featured artist at the May Saguaro Market! I’ll be showing off my desert/cacti art totes, pillows, and original paintings. You can read...
View ArticleMy Reading + Audiobook Hack
I’m a voracious reader … always have been. As long as I can remember, I’ve loved to get lost in a book. As a kid, I was never without a book and that hasn’t changed. The last couple of years — with...
View ArticleThe Unexpected Benefit of a Year of Creative Habits
One-hundred and fifty plus days of my year of creating daily and I’m seriously amazed by the whole process. If you asked me a year ago if I would or even could create something each and every day for...
View Article{Art} Making Art is Easy, Selling it is Hard
Since I’ve started a daily art practice, the physical act of making art had become easier for me. I feel more creative. I have more ideas. I’m more willing to try new and different things. It’s been...
View Article{Parenting} Raising Activists
For as along as I can remember I’ve been deeply patriotic. As a child, I’d tear up when I heard the national anthem. I was always the loudest kid reciting the pledge of allegiance. My...
View Article{Art} I’m a Superhero: Cactus Lady
Last night Cooper wanted to make a new comic strip, but he was having trouble coming up with a new superhero and a storyline for his comic. After thinking about it for awhile, he came running...
View Article{Health} Do The Work
For the last few years I’ve struggled with my weight, how I feel (physically and emotional) and all the changes that come with growing older. When I’ve felt my worst, Mike and I would take steps to...
View Article{Art} Daddy-Daughter Crafting Project
I spent a few weeks in July up in Idaho at my Dad’s ranch. When we’re up there, we don’t do a lot. We pretty much just hangout and relax. But I did along some painting supplies so I could keep up with...
View ArticleStart Where You Are
Start Close In Start close in, don’t take the second step or the third, start with the first thing close in, the step you don’t want to take. Start with the ground you know, the pale ground beneath...
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