I was feeling very Anne Shirley-ish when I took this photo, in my puffed sleeves and my apron, but like the elder harried Anne, the one with all the children. (As a child, I felt deeply uneasy about those later books. I wanted Anne to have adventures besides motherhood. Ironic, how my own life resembles hers more […]

Beloved kindred spirits, I missed you! And I missed me. I have been gone this summer in more ways than one. We packed and unpacked and repacked, rode on planes and ferries and Disneyland rides, saw beloved family and friends, swam in the ocean, camped in tents for nine days, and ate the most delicious […]

So I was on the phone yesterday with a beautiful kindred spirit who took my Make Art, Choose Joy class, and we were talking about the inhale-exhale that’s fundamental for artists (and all humans). We were acknowledging how HARD it is to let ourselves inhale (take in nourishment, sustenance, rest, nutrients, beauty, pleasure) when we are measured […]

We’re past summer solstice. Welcome to this tender, tender season. My dear kindred spirit– If you feel lost. If everything is a little swampy. If the world feels swirly. Like you can’t quite remember who you are anymore. Like you can’t quite get your bearings. Then you are probably RIGHT on the brink of a […]

Last summer, we sat in the orthodontist’s office hoping to hear the magical words, “Good news! No one needs braces!” (I will pause while you cackle at my naivete and foolish hope.) Instead, we learned that we needed MULTIPLE sets of braces. The total cost was shocking. Like, I felt my soul leave my body […]