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I have a January birthday. All the Christmas decorations get put away and a month later is another celebration. Love that.

And I really liked this birthday. It was more about moments and time spent together. Less about gifts.

I woke up on my birthday morning in this beachside hotel by the sea in Jupiter, Florida. It was colorful and a bit sleepy.  The kind of place where you take l... Read more →

I alter books and turn them into art  journals.  Sometimes I honor people who I love on the pages.  Sometimes I just honor me and where I am at that very moment through words and art.

Recently I shared this creative process with a gifted high school art class.

They were so open and ready to jump into this concept.

I love that age.  Everything is right on the surface.  All ... Read more →

I was not in my studio much this week.  I spent days (yes, days) figuring out Illustrator in my home office.

Long, glued to your chair, wearing pajamas kind of days.

So yesterday in the late afternoon I went to my studio just to play with paint and paper.

And a package was waiting for me.

The handwriting was lovely. I did not recognize the name.

Inside a wrapped box was a beautiful piece of original artwork.  On it was a quote from NYC street artist Read more →

We have slept in this lovely bed for 12 years.

See the bed post on the right? There were two just like it on the end of the bed also.  A week ago we took them off.

For all those years, we would get up in the middle of the night and put our hands out to feel for the end posts so we wouldn't walk into them.

We still instinctively feel for them in the darkness a week later, remembering that metal head first hurts.

The room looks so much bigger now. Uncluttered.  And safer.

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The holidays were pretty close to perfect for me this year.  Lots of togetherness but lots of alone time too. To read.  To sleep. To reorganize my home, my studio and my thoughts.

My giving this year was very in sync with my philosophy to creatively reuse.  I gave carefully chosen vintage books to friends and family.

One of my best finds was a 1941 authentic Swiss Army Jacket f... Read more →