From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads...and paint.   My job used to be graphic design/illustration. It was a great career for thirty-plus years but that job died its natural death and now I do a bit of this and that. THIS is one of my joys,...

From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads...and paint. My son makes paludariums. A combination fish tank (water) and land habitat for local creatures. This glorious frog (my prince!) will spent the winter on our kitchen table. He's got a buddy and a few...

From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads...and paint.   Clarisa Pinkola Estes says, “the doll represents la vidacita, the little instinctual life force that is both fierce and enduring.”“The doll is symbolic homunculi, little life. It is the symbol...

From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads...and paint. Draconis. Did you know there are multiple dragon constellations and stars and asteroids in our skies? True! This painting is of the constellation Draconis, watching over us from the far far north....

From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads...and paint. I call this one Galactic Dragon. I painted this to support the astrology forecast for 2024. Every year Janet Conner joins forces with Emma Kupu Mitchell and Marcia Wade to give us unsights about what...

From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads...and paint. Wise Woman. Where has she been? Can you hear her? Her shuffling bent feet, the smoothed walking stick, her robes shifting. She’s easier for me to hear in the winter. The snow quiets the whole world....

From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads...and paint. PENTIMENTO: noun. a visible trace of earlier painting beneath a layer or layers of paint on a canvas. I saw that word and it perked my attention. It has to do with art but I'm thinking it has to do...

From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads...and paint. The ankh. I don't know much of the intelligence behind it but I sure do love icons/symbols. From my reading I learn that the ankh means LIFE. This rosary is on her way to way out west. I made it with...

From the stars, on a mountain, with the bears, my beads...and paint. Circles and Cycles I belong to a feral rosary group on Facebook called The Way of the Rose. That's also the title of their book which I highly recommend. Below is a piece I wrote for the group: Happy...