March 29, 2012

The Mountains

  I should be content to look at a mountain for what it is and not as a comment on my life.         […]
March 20, 2012

Spring

I want to live some place where calla lilies grow like weeds, on the side of the row, free for the picking. This particular lily is […]
March 8, 2012

A return to Rilke

I return to Rilke when I am feeling particularly discouraged. And to this letter. This letter haunts me, because I feel the call, that desire, that […]
February 29, 2012

An extra day

Sometime in kindergarten or first grade, maybe even sooner, I learned the Mother Goose rhyme designed, at least in my mind, to help me remember how […]
February 23, 2012

Branching Together

Branching Together opens tonight at Gallery 51 in North Adams! Branching Together unites the work of Helen Hiebert, Sun Young Kang and Michelle Wilson, three artists […]
February 14, 2012

Loving what IS

Loving, being with the now, what IS, is my biggest challenge. Worry walks along side of me daily. It rarely leaves my side. As I get […]
January 29, 2012

The Self-Portrait

I have a deadline. A writing deadline. Usually that means a nice delicious cake or cookies or other tasty treat bakes in the oven, while I […]
January 16, 2012

Kitchen Brook Trail

Kitchen Brook Trail begins in my backyard, zigzags through the woods and connects with the Old Adams Road. The trail is fairly unofficial. It’s not on […]
January 10, 2012

Little red dots and thread

Last year around this time, I began threading red linen thread through tiny little holes drilled in wood. Over and over, threading each hole, like threading […]
January 1, 2012

Welcome 2012

A new year, a new beginning. So many hopes and dreams I have for this year, for myself, for my family and for my friends. I […]
December 8, 2011

Lost in the Moon

Why do we like the art we like? This question continually amazes and entertains me. I love going to museums, galleries and art fairs with Doug […]
November 24, 2011

Gratitude

The universe gives so much, and I am grateful for it. I am blessed to have an incredibly supportive significant other, family, and friends; a gorgeous […]
November 16, 2011

Anniversaries

Anniversaries. We have one every year, our anniversary with life, the day we were born. But there are  other kinds of anniversaries. Weddings, life milestones, tragic […]