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The Road (not) Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both…Robert Frost At times the road taken seems for awhile to be the right one, only to discover it was possibly only a sidetrack. I’ve truly loved my time doing Lushes with Brushes but I realize now it may have been a very pleasantContinue reading “The Road (not) Taken”

Lushes with Brushes: The Morning After, Part Deux

More parties, more painting: I suspect these ones might be addicts! Book a “Lushes with Brushes” party

Lushes with Brushes: The Morning After

Success! Titillating times at the very first “Lushes with Brushes” painting party: Karen was an amazing hostess: Baked Brie with hot pepper raspberry jam, Gouda wrapped in pastry, sushi, ribs; yummy and oh-so-cute mini purse cakes by “Becky’s Cakes”; and several bottles of wine brought by guests. At my house it would have been aContinue reading “Lushes with Brushes: The Morning After”

Lushes with Brushes

I’m excited! I’ve been playing in my studio all week! Painting stiletto heels. My daughter-in-law made a suggestion a couple of weeks ago, and I love it! She said, “Why don’t you have painting parties where guests drink wine and paint, and call them, ‘Lushes with Brushes’ ?” …. Well, why not? I love painting.Continue reading “Lushes with Brushes”

Brain Skitters

My brain skitters around like drops of water on a hot griddle when I’m experimenting in the studio. Try this… Okay, that worked. Nope. Modify… Hmmm. What if I try that? … Oooops… Now what? …Oh, maybe that… Chug-a-chug-a-chug-a cool down and clean up… Write some of this stuff down before I forget it… NoContinue reading “Brain Skitters”

Happy Stampers

Recently, I was asked by a nearby art gallery* to teach a printmaking workshop, since my BFA major is printmaking. Mostly folks don’t really know what printmaking is. I didn’t until I took my first class. In a nutshell, printmaking is making a “plate” that can be used many times to print an image overContinue reading “Happy Stampers”

Letter to my unborn grandchild

Dear Baby, Well, it’s April now. Your birth month. You’re nearly ready to make your grand entrance. So, sweet grandchild, let me tell you what will happen when you get here. Prepare to be snuggled and cuddled and cooed to, and love, love, loved. I gotta tell you, you are most welcome. You will haveContinue reading “Letter to my unborn grandchild”

Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010

I slept in an extra hour this morning. It’s a holiday. I got up to coffee that was automatically brewed minutes before I woke. I wrapped a cozy comforter around me and wrote this note on a fresh page of my notebook with my favourite pen, on my handy dandy lap desk. Later this morningContinue reading “Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010”

Frog Day Afternoon

My darling husband, Pat, and I moved back to my family home in the tiny village of Creelman 2 years ago. In the midst of a chaotic and emotional move I amalgamated 3 art studios. In the intervening 2 years we’ve gotten the main house re-painted, re-curtained and re-floored, and generally made it ours. ThenContinue reading “Frog Day Afternoon”

Failure

So, Thursday was a write off. Or was it? As usual, I multi-task to the extreme. A trait that was valued in my career as a lab-tech, but frowned on by organization gurus. Guess what I’m not. I jump from task to task. Scanning photo albums for a photo book, hyper varnishing a set ofContinue reading “Failure”