My 40th

Today is my 40th birthday. I don’t know what 40 is supposed to feel like, but I don’t think I ever expected to feel so young at 40. Of course, many say that 50 is the new 30, so maybe I’m just hitting the new 20? I remember that upon turning 30, I felt different [...]

Stress and Cathartic Creating

The last week has been a stressful one. My father-in-law had a heart attack and needed two stents put in. They live about 40 minutes from us, so we were very involved in making sure he and my mother-in-law were cared for over the past week. My father-in-law is feeling much better and is home. [...]

Teesha Moore Classes

A week ago I attended the Journaling Weekend at The Paper Studio in Tempe. Each year, Tracy and Teesha Moore come to visit and teach classes. My friend, Andrea and I planned this weekend of fun classes with Teesha Moore for a birthday celebration. Andrea’s birthday was on Monday and my birthday is later in [...]

Quiet is good

It’s been a nice, quiet couple of weeks since I had my treatment. I haven’t done a lot in the studio, but I’m slowly working on some of the large canvases still. Yesterday I finally sat down and worked on some journal pages. Just the first layers, so there’s nothing to show, but they will [...]