Put a Beaver on It
Put a Beaver on It Lady Liberty, Beaver Dam. Jeanette Clawson, July 2012. Some lovely neighbors of Beaver Dam, WI, some 16,000+ citizens strong, have carved a tree into a large 8′ bole with a...
View ArticleA Few Lessons from Vegas
I spent most of last week in Las Vegas, NV. I’ve been several times before, and always find that it’s a place where I have to work really hard to be mindful. The flashing lights, the overwhelming...
View ArticleLadies Room
Inspiration can come from the most unlikely of places. Say, the women’s bathroom in a public coffee shop. Necessary Wisdom. It really did feel like the walls were talking. Vanity Wall. I never know...
View ArticleDecorating Notes: Granny Chic
People do the cleverest things. When I get a room on the Mars Space Station, I’m going to have doilies on the walls. Bedroom by DIY queen Kristan Cunninghom.
View ArticleGrateful Letting Go…
This lovely print and trim is from a hatbox. It has been moldering and attracting dust bunnies in the back of my closet for…at least thirteen (OMFG!) years. I held on to it for so long because I...
View ArticleThe Ballad of Birmingham: a Mixed Media Recollection
Monday, September 15th, was the anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. Four girls–Denise McNair and Cynthia Wesley, both 11 years old, and...
View ArticleWaving from the Labyrinth
Image, growingbolder.com I read Neil Gaiman’s “A Lunar Labyrinth,” from Trigger Warning, on World Labyrinth Day. World Labyrinth day occurs each year on May the 2nd. I had no idea. For me, a very...
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