Date | Title | Category | Description | |
12/7/2020 | 25 | Hypocritical Artist... | Art | Backstory on the new coloring book. | 11/25/2019 | 14 | Two Rules for Studios | Art | Thoughts on laying out a workspace for creative work. | 12/10/2019 | 16 | Mice in the Kitchen & Elephant in the Living Room | Art | Big projects, distractions and FUN! | 12/17/2019 | 17 | Artist Single-Handedly Saves Christmas... Cards. | Art | Hand-made Christmas Cards. | 1/15/2020 | 22 | Disorganized Artist...Backstory of an Illustration | Art | The backstory behind an illustration and my artistic process. | 4/24/2022 | 33 | Blow Your Own Horn...Please! | Books | We need our own loaves and fishes | 8/6/2024 | 58 | A Commission from Beyond the Grave | Books | We live in a web of connections. Here, a favorite connection story... | 4/10/2022 | 32 | Authors Gotta Author... | Books | Would you rather write, or edit... or read? | 4/2/2022 | 31 | Writer's Block: A Forensic Exam | Books | Writing about not wanting to write. Can I get a witness? | 7/27/2021 | 29 | Why Read Children's Books? | Books | My sixth attempt to address this subject... | 9/20/2022 | 43 | Pools of History | Books | We each have a personal pool of history, unique as our fingerprint... | 12/12/2022 | 44 | How Books Talk... | Books | How many books do you read at a time? | 7/18/2021 | 28 | Birth Announcement | Books | Announcing Feathergill's Fabulous Emporium | 1/2/2021 | 26 | Patricia Wentworth - an Appreciation | Books | I pay a debt of gratitude to a favorite author | 5/26/2023 | 49 | Confessions of a Book Foister | Books | It's a wonder friends don't cross the street when they see me coming, book in hand... | 3/8/2024 | 55 | If God Is Love, then How Come...? | Books | Have we been seeing God too small? | 12/2/2019 | 15 | Conflicted Artist Bares Soul Regarding Marketing | Books | Can a creative person excel at marketing? | 4/2/2021 | 27 | Your Destiny Revealed in Unlikely Place | Books | Your favorite book from childhood might tell you something... | 5/4/2022 | 34 | Fifty Ways to Keep Your Journal | Mindfulness | Don't be discouraged at the thought of keeping a journal. | 7/9/2022 | 39 | Words & Pictures - My Story | Mindfulness | We all have a story to tell. Here's mine... | 2/24/2020 | 24 | Thrifty Shopper. | Mindfulness | How much is "enough"? Question answered. | 2/2/2020 | 23 | Frugal Shopper's Guide | Mindfulness | Observations on a failed business (not mine!) | 1/5/2020 | 21 | Life-Strategies for the Easily Distracted | Mindfulness | Life strategies for the easily-distracted from an eccentric artist. | 3/26/2023 | 47 | Smelly Shoes and Self-Censorship | Mindfulness | Sacred moment over a pair of used shoes... | 6/18/2024 | 57 | The First Woman on Television | Mindfulness | The first woman on television... was my grandmother. | 4/22/2024 | 56 | Sticks & Stones | Mindfulness | The power of sticks, etc. is pitiful compared to the power of words... | 2/14/2024 | 54 | Life Rules & Personal Proverbs | Mindfulness | Personal proverbs, silly or profound... | 12/12/2023 | 53 | What's Your Story? | Mindfulness | Life is made of stories... | 8/30/2023 | 52 | Self-Pity Is a Place | Mindfulness | Have you ever taken a bath in feeling sorry for yourself? | 7/27/2023 | 51 | Truth, Lilacs, and French Onion Soup | Mindfulness | Some small thoughts about a BIG topic... | 6/12/2022 | 37 | What's Your Story? | Mindfulness | What if the whole world is one big Story? | 5/16/2023 | 48 | Stumbling Blocks & Living Room Elephants | Mindfulness | Have you ever tripped over a stumbling block? | 5/11/2022 | 35 | Write It Down! | Mindfulness | Some thoughts for readers averse to journaling... | 3/4/2023 | 46 | Loaves and Fishes | Mindfulness | Consider your private collection of miracles... | 1/6/2023 | 45 | Tiny Bits of History | Mindfulness | Every decade has a flavor... | 9/1/2022 | 42 | Vulnerability Exercises | Mindfulness | "Open a Vein and Bleed' | 8/1/2022 | 41 | Probably Not Your Christmas Solution... but maybe | Mindfulness | For the impossible person on your list... | 7/14/2022 | 40 | My Story with God - Some Moments | Mindfulness | We all have moments that shape our lives... | 6/24/2022 | 38 | The Power of a Good Story | Mindfulness | What if life is like a story? | 5/30/2022 | 36 | Finding Meaning in Trivial Things | Mindfulness | Why I Love It When Things Fit In Boxes... | 7/4/2023 | 50 | Requiem for a Good Dog | Mindfulness | I lost a good buddy after almost eighteen years... |