Wednesday's Child

My dad, my son, my friends wanted a current photo of me and of me and Riley so G took this photo yesterday. I'm wearing my new size 14 ...

Thanks to your interest in finding out what I said to get myself fired-- my visits doubled on the "dates" when this happened. Clo...

Yesterday I put the dog in his crate as usual for a Tuesday-- like I was "going to work" and went instead to my studio to do whate...

I just tore through the five stages of grief over the loss of my job and Saturday I arrived at Acceptance. I accept responsibility for writ...

My daughter brought over a bucket of tomatoes picked in Woolwich before an overnight frost. Must be a low area. We haven't had a frost ...

The kahlua chocolate birthday cake was (is) delicious. I recommend it to all of you and will print the recipe as soon as the cake effects w...

Today I am 61. I wore a blue dress that I bought in 1987. Twenty years ago I was this size and weight. Sort of a time warp thing. When I...

Thirty nine years. And with no actual "Will you marry me" from G. Nope. Never asked. And no engagement ring either. I did get...

The Japanese beetles moved on to other places this year and I have a small vase of rose buds on my counter. In other years, before Japanese...

I'm borrowing an image from a blogging friend. It really and truly suits me. In the Chinese calendar I'm a DOG. And an artist. A...

My work surface of choice this week is the bedroom floor. Carpet. At the end of the king four poster. I get to look at the progress (or l...

This was one of the "quick fire" 15 minute small pieces from the Pamela Allen class. We each got the little printed face/head and...

Discussion Questions at the end of this post. So far, this week has been fun but I haven't gotten to read or create anything. I have to...

August but feeling a lot like October. Maine. What a wonderland of temperature. The nights are getting into the high 40's inland but ...

Is he not the cutest dog evah? G and I drove to New Hampshire for the World Quilt Show yesterday and it was okay. Each year it gets slightl...

Riley is now Four Months old. He's been living here for 30 days. Seems like he's always been here. He is one very mellow dog. I...

The universe is a strange and magical thing. I can't even begin to understand the way things work. So I'm going to tell you a litt...

We worked on a larger scale; a portrait or face; and we worked on the same piece all day which was so much less hectic than the 5 pieces on ...

First of all, all the "pre-class work" was useless. We winged it. Pamela would give us a subject and color story and set us to w...