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12/7/202025Hypocritical Artist...ArtBackstory on the new coloring book.
11/25/201914Two Rules for StudiosArtThoughts on laying out a workspace for creative work.
12/10/201916Mice in the Kitchen & Elephant in the Living RoomArtBig projects, distractions and FUN!
12/17/201917Artist Single-Handedly Saves Christmas... Cards.ArtHand-made Christmas Cards.
1/15/202022Disorganized Artist...Backstory of an IllustrationArtThe backstory behind an illustration and my artistic process.
4/24/202233Blow Your Own Horn...Please!BooksWe need our own loaves and fishes
8/6/202458A Commission from Beyond the GraveBooksWe live in a web of connections. Here, a favorite connection story...
4/10/202232Authors Gotta Author...BooksWould you rather write, or edit... or read?
4/2/202231Writer's Block: A Forensic ExamBooksWriting about not wanting to write. Can I get a witness?
7/27/202129Why Read Children's Books?BooksMy sixth attempt to address this subject...
9/20/202243Pools of HistoryBooksWe each have a personal pool of history, unique as our fingerprint...
12/12/202244How Books Talk...BooksHow many books do you read at a time?
7/18/202128Birth AnnouncementBooksAnnouncing Feathergill's Fabulous Emporium
1/2/202126Patricia Wentworth - an AppreciationBooksI pay a debt of gratitude to a favorite author
5/26/202349Confessions of a Book FoisterBooksIt's a wonder friends don't cross the street when they see me coming, book in hand...
3/8/202455If God Is Love, then How Come...?BooksHave we been seeing God too small?
12/2/201915Conflicted Artist Bares Soul Regarding MarketingBooksCan a creative person excel at marketing?
4/2/202127Your Destiny Revealed in Unlikely PlaceBooksYour favorite book from childhood might tell you something...
5/4/202234Fifty Ways to Keep Your JournalMindfulnessDon't be discouraged at the thought of keeping a journal.
7/9/202239Words & Pictures - My StoryMindfulnessWe all have a story to tell. Here's mine...
2/24/202024Thrifty Shopper.MindfulnessHow much is "enough"? Question answered.
2/2/202023Frugal Shopper's GuideMindfulnessObservations on a failed business (not mine!)
1/5/202021Life-Strategies for the Easily DistractedMindfulnessLife strategies for the easily-distracted from an eccentric artist.
3/26/202347Smelly Shoes and Self-CensorshipMindfulnessSacred moment over a pair of used shoes...
6/18/202457The First Woman on TelevisionMindfulnessThe first woman on television... was my grandmother.
4/22/202456Sticks & StonesMindfulnessThe power of sticks, etc. is pitiful compared to the power of words...
2/14/202454Life Rules & Personal ProverbsMindfulnessPersonal proverbs, silly or profound...
12/12/202353What's Your Story?MindfulnessLife is made of stories...
8/30/202352Self-Pity Is a PlaceMindfulnessHave you ever taken a bath in feeling sorry for yourself?
7/27/202351Truth, Lilacs, and French Onion SoupMindfulnessSome small thoughts about a BIG topic...
6/12/202237What's Your Story?MindfulnessWhat if the whole world is one big Story?
5/16/202348Stumbling Blocks & Living Room ElephantsMindfulnessHave you ever tripped over a stumbling block?
5/11/202235Write It Down!MindfulnessSome thoughts for readers averse to journaling...
3/4/202346Loaves and FishesMindfulnessConsider your private collection of miracles...
1/6/202345Tiny Bits of HistoryMindfulnessEvery decade has a flavor...
9/1/202242Vulnerability ExercisesMindfulness"Open a Vein and Bleed'
8/1/202241Probably Not Your Christmas Solution... but maybeMindfulnessFor the impossible person on your list...
7/14/202240My Story with God - Some MomentsMindfulnessWe all have moments that shape our lives...
6/24/202238The Power of a Good StoryMindfulnessWhat if life is like a story?
5/30/202236Finding Meaning in Trivial ThingsMindfulnessWhy I Love It When Things Fit In Boxes...
7/4/202350Requiem for a Good DogMindfulnessI lost a good buddy after almost eighteen years...

 


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