Well, I took a swift slide to a real low point after the last post, even as I was writing it, but at 9 p.m. Sunday I am on the other side of this flu. Yay! It always takes getting the real flu to remind you that it is different from a bad cold. I’m…

Sick day. It is now 4 p.m. I had to cancel the doctor’s appointment for which I have been waiting for weeks. The good news is that after getting serious about resting my hands, they do feel better. And, shhhhh (looking around) – I did some stitching today. Just a small wallet for myself as…

Just received this email from the coordinator for Elements Gallery, the new 3-D artists’ co-op downtown. If you’re interested and still on the fence, now’s the time to make a decision. It is a really, really, really good deal. Leave me a comment and I’ll send you the contact info. Hello Artists, So far we…

So, if you were ordered to evacuate and had only five minutes to grab what you could, other than your family and pets, what would you take the precious time to take? My niece recently had to make that decision and didn’t even have five minutes. She awoke to pounding on her door and her…

I have an opportunity to join an art co-op that might be much more affordable and doable. Since I don’t have a gallery right now and I’m not crazy about selling on Etsy and shipping my work, I’m going to an information meeting in a few minutes. This is one of those goals that has…

I don’t really care about stats and links anymore, but I love to check Sitemeter to see where people are visiting from and where they are referred from and what search terms they use to get to my blog. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time and might make this a regular…

I’m the featured artist in Go Triad’s Meet an Artist column today. The reporter interviewed me for about 45 minutes with a recorder, and chose the quotes and organized them for the article. Then a photographer came to my house and scared me to death with the prospect of my face in the paper again.…

It’s a Festivus miracle! Frank Costanza: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way. Cosmo Kramer: What happened to the doll? Frank Costanza: It…

For my friends who are alone or feel lonely…I think that most all of us feel alone from time to time for different reasons. I love solitude but I do get a little freaked out by it sometimes. Our culture doesn’t value it and we are conditioned to see it as a bad thing from…

Today I am thankful for my husband, that he is still with me despite a heart attack and my menopausal hormones. I’m thankful that I have a job with people that I enjoyed working with, and that has health benefits and time off to live my life outside of work. I pray for those who…