Happy Endings
After my failed attempt at capturing Frodo, I went off to work in the city. When I returned in the late afternoon, he was waiting on my back porch. I…
Category: Thinking Out Loud
Cat Wisdom
Over a month ago, this beautiful cat showed up at my door. Well, actually, at my cats’ door, and invited himself in. I wasn’t aware of him until I came…
The Hero’s Journey
And so it was that I continued my studies about “Art and Fear”, looking further into my own story as it unfolded. I set my sights on beginning, but my…
Art and fear
Another interesting book has crossed my path. “Art and fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Art making” by David Bayles and Ted Orland is mostly telling me things…
20/20 Hindsight
Among the many hats I wear is graphic artist for a local non profit garden. Last year I redesigned their logo and later, I was asked to design a new…
Breakthrough!
I’m standing at the stove cooking dinner and singing “Ding dong the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch…” In my ongoing metamorphis to simplify and transfer list…
Blizzard
Metaphorically speaking that is. I’m reading Parker Palmer‘s “A Hidden Wholeness” again at the urging of that “still, small voice within”. He begins his Prelude with this: “There was a…
Efficiency Revisited
I took the leap. I got a Smart Phone in the interest of efficiency. Remember the discussion about notebooks and having everything in one place? Well, I am a list…
Stella Sunday Afternoons 