Every morning, it’s a little darker. I both want to honor the seasons – rest more – AND I want to take Peaches out on the walk before anyone else. I want that quiet early morning to myself. Just me…

“How’s your soul?” my son Samsun asked me. I had phoned him spontaneously on a Thursday afternoon duing my hour plus return trip from Whole Foods, and then launched into my latest diatribe: yet another Lyme pain story, to which…

(one of those cooler mornings on Squam) Does anyone like to be teased? Do you? I don’t like it. But sometimes yes. Okay, sometimes I do. I feel like I’m getting teased by the weather: let’s try a little cold,…

At the beginning of the week, my beloved sister Louisa visited en route home from Maine, headed to Virginia. We took a walk through the woods together and at one point, she stopped and looked around. “I LOVE these woods,”…

Oh! What’s that? Peaches looks startled as something looks like it’s hopping across the trail. I think: a toad! But when I look again, I see it’s a mole, stopping and starting as it wends its way over the dry,…

Last weekend the lake was FULL : boats going back and forrh, people in kayaks and canoes and SUPs, swimmers enjoying late season lake water (still warm-ish). Labor Day Weekend.This weekend, clouds, thunder, rain. Quiet. Summer is ending. I knew…

What a great August here at Squam. Warm and sunny for days on end. Family and friends “lived” in the water, day in and day out. But now: Where did they all go? The cormorant, taking a moment to dry…

I’m dedicating this blog post to Artemis who is 5 years old. Maybe someday Mischa, now 4 months old, will appreciate it. Both young artists were visiting me from Toronto, so I thought I’d share some fun with them. And…

Are you ever ready for someone close to you to… die? Even if you knew they were facing challenges. Even if you knew they were not as strong as you wanted them to be. All of that was true for…

Spring is all about what’s coming into form, right? All about becoming. And unfolding. AND… Art is all about… Yes. You start with looking? With colors? With an idea? Maybe this: You look again. “I wonder if I shift the…