my heart is full of flowers, 8x8" unframed, 10x10" framed, headed for nahcotta's enormous tiny art show 11 next month. thanks so much for your nice comments about my drawings in my last post. they meant a lot to me. for the drawing above i was thinking a little bit about valentines day, and wa...

Summer for me is completely intertwined with taste: burgers off the grill, a melting ice cream cone...yum. And so many of those summery tastes are sweets: saltwater taffy at the beach, fluffy cotton candy, penny candy counters. (I'm probably destroying Jena's healthy eating plans by writing t...

last month i blogged about the project i was working on with my daughter's classroom for our annual school auction, using gel-glue batik - a project found via that artist woman. since then, the kids created their pieces - it took two sessions: one day to draw with glue, and another day to paint ...

i know, i know. i seem to be in the minority here but i LOVED alice. i liked that alice was an adult. i liked that it was kind of dark. and i loved looking at it. it was lacking in some areas but i was giddy with ideas after watching it. the costumes, oh the costumes. and the giant toadstools. a...

The mister and I often break into spontaneous dancing around the house and it always puts a big smile on my face. And it's fun to dance out with friends or at a concert or party, but I usually have trouble really loosening up when there are other people around. So I suggest we each find a moment ...