On a blustery day recently, I found myself in Brooklyn for a meeting and came across some good finds while scoping out Atlantic Avenue. I warmed up over tea and conversation at…
Last fall, I copied the line from an article I was reading, “When in doubt, just do.” It seemed to be an energizing catch-phrase and fitting to the “back to school”…
A few afternoons this summer, I sat in my courtyard with a glass of pastis (souvenir from the Straight Distillery in PEI), drawing the cascade of nasturtiums in preparation for my new…
For days when the mundane seems less than memorable, remember, the mundane is really where the amazing gift of being begins … This inspiring amazingness manifesto comes from London, UK, based photographer,…
I lingered a little while later than usual at the studio today and I watched the light change in the room. My morphogenesis piece, hanging loosely on the wall in preparation for…
It is the season when we look to the trees for budding encouragement of spring. I welcome the miracle of a lush greening transformation as much as I welcome the skeletal baring…
Last summer was hot. I took refuge daily in a huge studio space that seemed like a slightly cooler place to be … and I had good reason to as I had…
To counter the long deep freeze and sometimes grey skies of this Ontario winter: 1) boil the skins of onions 2) prepare a lovely silk mordanted with alum and submerge it in…
I just recently stumbled upon this fabulous quote by Elsie de Wolfe. It was typed up by Mary Petrzilka (farmflea on Esty) with a 1939 German typewriter. I didn’t really know anything about…
I once had a dream that I came across some never before seen Picasso paintings. In earth tones, with smudge marks that looked like the leaf stained sidewalks you see after the…