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The sign read “huzzah & welcome.” We walked through the gate and found ourselves in a whole new time and place—the village of Hollygrove in the 16th century. A small group of medieval singers greeted us. Knights and pirates and squires and maidens and men in kilts...
I had an art teacher in elementary school named Mrs. Barnhorse. Actually that probably wasn’t her name, because Barnhorse? Really? But that’s how I remember it. She always took great care to explain our next art project, moving methodically through each step,...
I’m sitting in a wrought iron chair on the back patio, cupping a mug of coffee while tendrils of steam dissipate in the crisp fall air. I spend more time out here lately. We have two new puppies, Havanese litter-mates--Susanna and Wesley. The female’s half the...
Henri Matisse once said, "Creativity takes courage." Courage runs in short supply with me. I am much less brave outwardly, than I am in my own head. But like anything else, creativity can be practiced. It's like a muscle we have that when unused, turns slack. At...
Jealousy is one of the occupational hazards of being a writer, and the most...
"If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our...
I almost missed it, but it’s been one of those weeks, and the very last...
My mother helped make me an artist because she taught me to see as one struck...
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