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I’ve lately become enamored of Dale Pendell, chemist, ethnobotanist, and poet, author of the PHARMAKO trilogy. Pharmako/Poeia is the first volume of the series and I can’t seem to keep my nose out of it. It’s a poetic masterpiece, dedicated to the Power Plants, the herbs and flowers who are both Allies and Poisons. […]

a journal page for “A Day in the Life of Me” for “Inspire Me Thursday.” I was thinking my daily routine is pretty much just that: routine; and then this morning I’ve been disrupted by more thunderstorms traveling through North Texas. The ground is so saturated already that flooding has become a real concern. McKinney […]

The bathroom project has reach a new stage: I need to pull out all the layers of old flooring so a new floor can be laid. In some ways demolition is one of my favorite parts of home improvement because it’s an archeological dig. You never know what you’ll find. The scary part in this […]

The prompt this week on Inspire Me Thursday is “Copycat”, exploring repetition in your art.
I shot this photo of a doll’s head I’m going to use for another piece, and then I experimented with filters in Photoshop. It’s really more of a reference page than it is a piece of art. I really liked some […]

Treat yourself to something your heart desires, maybe some chocolate or flowers or new art supplies… a nice little something (no spending of a fortune involved). Celebrate yourself !!
I decided to treat myself to a subscription to Somerset Studio magazine. It’s such an awesome combination of eye candy and tips that I still thumb through […]

Phoebe’s been waking me up early this week while it’s still dark outside. I’m used to getting off work when it’s dark, but not used to getting up before it’s light out. It’s been overcast as well, so I can’t get any sense of the time of day by looking at the sky. My internal […]

Big excitement after a long morning. I thought the HVAC man would be here early today to check the air conditioner. I don’t know how old the thing is or when it was last serviced, and I wanted to be sure it would get us through a hot Texas summer. He didn’t show up until […]

This week’s prompt on Inspire Me Thursday was “Circles”. This assemblage, made of recycled parts, is my submission.
I had a few square wooden rosettes we removed from some of the doorframes as we’re remodeling (someone tried to give the illusion of an update) and thought to do something with the circles on the block. […]

If you had a magic wand what 3 creative issues would you solve? Maybe they are space issues that you are experiencing in your studio or issues about creating itself?
Only Three Wishes? well, I’ll try to whittle down the list.
Number One Wish would be for a more ergonomic work space at home. I seem to […]

I picked up a couple of more pounds of junk from the back yard. Usually I have to dig down an inch or so, but all the rain we’ve been getting lately seems to bring stuff right up to the surface. Maybe it’s washing away the dirt I already loosened. Anyway, this is typical of […]