Finding my art as an older personFinding my art as an older person has been very interesting. I'd always found creativity in crafts — knitting, jewellry, embroidery, and the like —…
Linen soaking in dye bath made from avocado pits and skins Beautiful color, in this avocado dye bath, which fades to a subtle pale version of this (sort of) when…
It's Groundhog Day again, and it seems like it's been here for the last 11 months. However, the plants aren't stuck doing the same thing day after day, and I…
One of the reasons I make these botanical designs is that I want to share the joy that I get when I make them. For months I've posted them on…
African seed pod, cut up acuba leaves, sea urchin spines, daphne flower buds, smoky topaz beads, rock It's true, some days you just have to start over. I used to…
This too shall pass, and thank goodness for that. Woke up with a case of the "f-its". so reminding myself that everything changes, nothing stays the same is an excellent…
Mandalas do connect us. I just had a deep, moving conversation with a woman I knew only slightly til this morning. We both volunteer for the Center for Common Ground's…
I'm feeling like the other shoe is going to drop. We had four years of horrific chaos, cruelty and drama, and some part of me doesn't believe that it's over.…
Gratitude - one of the most amazing things about making this book and now this website, is how many people offer their gardens to me. "Take whatever you like, as…
There are signs of spring, aligning with the cycle of the Biden/Harris administration. Hellebores are among the first to bloom in my garden. The Mexican orange comes from down the…