She wondered if the rain would start before the boat arrived. The sun hid itself hours ago. The blackbirds didn't offer a word. Like ol...

Have we made it to October? not quite. But September isn't so bad. There are little signs of Autumn's coming. Thanks for all your ...

Some days crawl. A single moment is eternal. Years fly by. Decades Lost. Eons forgotten. A distant memory is clear as yesterday. Tomorro...

This weekend MimiKo is visiting. Today she swam with Orion and played DDR and patiently watched Full Frontal Fashion while I plugged away ...

Tonight I am amazed at my own tenacity. On Monday I became suddenly and violently ill. Thought it was food poisoning. Oh, the fun of it. I ...

Today I finished a painting I've been working on for weeks. That felt good. I stood back and crossed my arms and said, "Ok, I...

Yesterday was devoted almost entirely to finishing a painting. I'm still under the weather, physically and mentally. I tell myself it...

"water plants" was the first item on my list for today. I got to that one about ten minutes ago. Today was a bad day. Not a terrib...

It would be my style to write "California is burning, again." Because it is again. It's still a couple of weeks until fire se...

We had a productive and creative weekend. Then today was the first day of second grade for Orion. I took this photo in the car. The morning ...

Nora (aka Ravyn) is visiting this weekend. As usual, we're trying to pack as much work as possible into a three-day weekend. But tonight...

Summer is actually ending. The days are getting a bit shorter and the desert nights are cooling. As it ends, I feel a bit of nostalgia for t...

Last week I saw, for the first time, the 1049 film Portrait of Jennie. I'd thought to mention it mostly because the winter scenes of 194...

I keep forgetting that lots of people read this blog without seeing the sidebar. So---here are photos of new Halloween minis and three of th...

The question gets asked occasionally. The answer is truly simple. It's the kids. Mine, specifically. Oh, the paradigm-shifting horror...

Today we had some errands to run and as often happens, were greeted by the smog that hangs over LA and surrounding areas. And, as often happ...

A collector commissioned an edition of "Resonant Kiss" and I fell in love with the piece again and made two! Resonant Kiss is the...

These last couple of days I've replaced Theraflu with green tea. This is a good sign. I'm getting some of my energy back. The good t...

A summer cold is making its way through this house. Nasty little bug making everyone miserable and cranky. Especially bad when it's so...