Sharing Sweetgrass and Stones – Friendship & Books
September 7th, 2017Some of the deepest sharing of souls takes place when a very special book group gets together. We call it the Crystal Book Group, named for a location but also for the clarity and power of our sharing. Our sharing includes an art activity that deepens what we have read. We recently created sweetgrass braids and painted stones.
Monarchs, Milkweed & Mandalas
January 6th, 2017There are many song nature sings that we cannot hear. Each plant, insect, animal and all of creation has its own vibrations.
Monarchs butterflies have their own song. I can’t hear the songs monarchs sing to the plant that it is married to, milkweed.
Ginda Mouse & Friends at Blueberry Farm
April 18th, 2016I wrote and illustrated this book in my early twenties. A friendship story based on a time while living in the Pacific Northwest.
Sarah Is In The Garden Now
August 13th, 2014My dog Sarah was a super dog. I say my dog because even though she was supposed to be the family dog, she was mine. She was the sweetest dog and even had fans who used to go out of their way to walk by our house to pet her as she sat on the front lawn.
Fairies & Family – Part Two
November 9th, 2012My Aunt Lonna’s* fairy houses are some of the most creative sculptures I have ever seen. The sweetness is seen in each detail of these creations made from nature’s materials. I know the fairies were guiding my Aunt to find the perfect mushroom, acorn, branch, roots, moss and other fairy delights to use in her […]
Fairies, Family, & Female Bonds
October 29th, 2012The women of my family have given me a lineage of shared love for beauty and creativity. I feel the thread of hands and heart working together to create home, garden and family that has been passed down from generation to generation. This feminine power sustains me. Although my mother is gone, her presence comforts […]
Flowers for Alesondra
April 11th, 2012Today I am very sad, as I have been since Monday when I learned that my cousin’s daughter had suddenly lost her life. Alesondra was a beautiful young woman who touched many lives and is one of the threads in the cloth of a close-knit family that reaches far and wide. A friend of mine once […]
Nature’s Abstract Inspirations in Stone
March 30th, 2012A recent visit to my son and future daughter-in-law’s new home in California included a trip to Bean Hollow Beach. Bean Hollow Beach is a California State Beach on the Pacific, south of Pescadero. It is known for its unusual rock formations called Tafoni.
Twelve Days of Christmas
December 22nd, 2011Happy Holidays. The artist is Hawley Wright. The postcards are from the greeting card company I created called Wild Rice Cards, based in Minneapolis in the 1980s. The twelve days of Christmas start on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, depending. Whatever your celebration this time of year, have a wonderful holiday.
Ginger Bear Cookies
December 7th, 2011Each holiday season I make these cookies from a recipe I created that was part of a greeting card illustrated by my friend Hawley Wright.
