I M Perfect lady

April 2014

  • Matches their tune.

    When family functions arise, or when news of siblings enter into my world…I feel a phantom family take shape.  Its presence plays with my insides, messes with my head and questions who I am. I would have thought, that my resolve… Continue reading

  • Men Engage

    I had a chance to talk to the man who spoke at the Take Back the Night event last night.  He attended the Dial Help Gala…and it has taken me a day to assimilate what the difference was about his… Continue reading

  • Walked with us.

    Just came from the Take Back the Night event…about 150 students were in attendance.  A great jump from the last one I attended!  The speaker Russ Funk, spoke to the guys, mainly.  In how to be vocal and visible in… Continue reading

  • Ladybug Medicine.

    Making Art for someone, is like being a surrogate mother…giving birth to something that isn't yours.  Perhaps all of Art is this way.   I began this quilt with the intent of giving it away…and when it was done, I… Continue reading

  • Begin Being You.

    I had a blog written about Yearning, and in the meanwhile (site was down), I thought about the difference between Yearning and Waiting…and was there even a difference? Yearning is a longing. Waiting is…well, I had to look it up.… Continue reading

  • What are you Longing for?

    I listened to Sue Monk Kidd being interviewed by Oprah and a few things really struck me.  One, what is your heart's deepest desire, what are you longing for? She believes that this is the voice of your soul….I do… Continue reading

  • Steer clear of the past.

    "And his silence wasn't just a cultural stoicism, it was a misguided idea of victory. I've always thought that by trying to ignore those memories I take away their power, because I feel like such a victim when I think… Continue reading

  • To grow

    I watched a few documentaries this weekend about breaking the silence and a family  confronting the abuser; a family friend. In both, you see how small the actual event of abuse is, compared to the life effects after.  How the… Continue reading

  • Sisterhood…

      Another quilt in the spotlight, another piece of my healing, another growth spurt for my lady and I.  Thank you David Cowardin and Lola Visuals. I loved these ladies dancing together in their own uniqueness, separate but together…the sisterhood… Continue reading

  • Beauty of Life

    I don't know what is more unsettling, the fact that I was so affected by having to make do with a car on the mail route OR how quickly I became used to it. My first day of delivering mail… Continue reading