Current Affairs

  • Play

    What if January was the month of acceptance.  The month we made an accounting of all that is – a month of looking deeply into who we are and why.   Often we want changes on the outside – to… Continue reading

  • Celebrate my Badassery.

    It is the eve of 19 years. Nineteen years of leaving behind the only life I had known to dare dream of changing the legacy I was born into.   This wasn't a dream of mine. The truth fell into… Continue reading

  • It is a Holiday.

    Holidays look a lot like your relationship with your family. Those of us who are standing outside of our family of origin, we see the holidays as fractured.  The lineage is broken – and the extended parts no longer work.… Continue reading

  • Branch of the Family Tree

    Family has been on my mind lately.  Perhaps it is family reunions, family trips – and now Father's Day.   There are two opposing threads that are tangled in my mind. Family and Estrangement. They don't coexist together. Like water… Continue reading

  • I Hold You in My Heart

    I watched Michele Obama being interviewed about her latest book "The Light We Carry" with Oprah and they talked about Michele's friends.  The ones she calls her Kitchen Table.   The Kitchen Table has a relaxed image – one where… Continue reading

  • Work of Art that Nature Made.

    We left Arches and drove to Richfield for the night. I was getting used to seeing the Mountains on the horizon.  They were so fascinating to watch and wonder how we would go through/over them. We went out to dinner… Continue reading

  • Waiting to Get In

    The next day's plan was to get to Arches National Park.  To enter this park you have to make a reservation. Some spots are filled months out and then there are opportunities the night before – at 6pm they open… Continue reading

  • Our Car Moving Forward.

    We left the kids and headed south into Wyoming – on our way into Colorado.  There are a lot of fields to travel through between South Dakota and Wyoming.   Dropping into Colorado, the fun began. It felt good to… Continue reading

  • Be Yourself

    "Every year you make a resolution to change yourself. This year make a resolution to be yourself."  Author Unknown   My granddaughter and I were in the basement creating – there is a chair that is painted with a collage of words… Continue reading

  • Played So Much.

    The only Art Show I do, is less than a week away.  It is time now to look up from what I have created, price my art and start getting organized to show. There is a big difference between doing… Continue reading