I M Perfect lady

Art & Quilts

  • 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

  • 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

  • Fearless Acceptance!

    I love how David Cowardin has let each of my quilts get their day in the Sun.  Today, it is "Fearless Acceptance".  Thanks Lola Visuals…you make us look good!    It is interesting that the Fearless Accepting…would appear to be… Continue reading

  • Mitten Tree Ladies on Film!

    David Cowardin and Lola Visuals released another segment of my filming…that we had done for "Call Me Mental"…me explaining my lady and how she sees her family in mismatched mittens; where she doesn't belong on a family tree, but on… Continue reading

  • “Laying it Down”

    While filming for "Call Me Mental" David and I went through each of My Story Line quilts that are hanging at Copper Country Mental Health.   He listened and recorded what each meant to me. I loved this part, for… Continue reading

  • Shattered In My Mind.

    Yesterday the image of a darkened closet where we are talking and sharing but no one knows your name….and the outside where we see each other but rarely share our truths…stayed with me. The juxtaposition of never being with your… Continue reading

  • Look again at yourself looking at me.

    First I want to thank and give great appreciation for those who dare stand by me. Who have listened and heard my words.  The ones who have understood my journey and stayed with the content of my pain and not… Continue reading

  • My Episode.

      Well Here it is!  Thanks David Cowardin and Lola Visuals, and NDC of Duluth and Carolyn Phelps for her kind words!  It has been nothing but a great experience!  Thank each of you for being you! May this project… Continue reading

  • What will it cost you?

    The "Afterword to the Original Edition" at the end of "Thou Shalt Not Be Aware; society's betrayal of the child, Alice Miller writes. "Before sending the manuscript of this book to the publisher, I gave it to four collegues to… Continue reading