December 10, 2012

Advent Day Ten: Practice

Practice. One of my favorite words. I made a card that we sell at PRESS entitled Practice TAKES Practice. And it does. It can be an […]
December 9, 2012

Advent Days

My Advent collages have taken a very specific direction. (I’ll get to that in a minute.) I created rules for the collages, like I often do […]
December 3, 2012

Third Advent Collage

My Advent Calendar collages are totally inspired by my friend Alke. Every morning I get a great pic from her from a travel during the past […]
December 2, 2012

Preparation. Anticipation.

Advent–coming, coming to; approach arrival. Many people all over the world are preparing and anticipating the coming or advent of Christmas, a time of giving, gifting […]
November 25, 2012

Jenny Doh’s Journal IT!

Earlier this month, Jenny Doh’s most recent book, Journal IT! was released. Book arts, journaling, and collage come together in Journal It!, where 19 mixed-media artists showcase […]
November 18, 2012

Meditation begins with little dots

About a month ago Doug and I spent the weekend at Kripalu participating in a great retreat about meditation with Sharon Salzburg. I first discovered Sharon […]
November 11, 2012

Where does the time go?

How is it possible that it is nearly Thanksgiving. Okay, a couple more weeks, but seriously. Where does the time go? When I get to this […]
November 4, 2012

Returning to Rilke

Every morning I begin the day by reading something that will help me set a positive intention for the day. Lately I’ve been returning to Rainer […]
October 31, 2012

Power

We lost our electricity around 5 pm on Monday during Hurricane Sandy–and it finally returned late the following night. I spent most of Monday, my birthday, […]
October 22, 2012

Missed turn?

How did I miss the turn? I have run this route countless times. How did I miss the turn? I rarely get lost or let myself […]
October 18, 2012

Intermittency

When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It […]
October 16, 2012

The Beauty of Impermanence

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in […]