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end of August, Squam Lake 2025

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…

can you guess?

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…

sad

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… art is all about…

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…

Respite

I want to shower you with flowers! Not organized. Not with any sense of “they need effort”: Just pure love and thanks!: To all you you kind and caring souls who responded to my request for feedback!!! I honestly was…

why make art? it and behind it

Why? Don’t you love that question. Why make art? Why do love what you love to do? So if anyone asked me, why I make art. Or why any artist makes art… I’ll share with you part of my journey…

help me with this

I want to ask you what you think. I had posted an image of my art on canvas: girls learning outdoors, but I hadn’t actually put it on my online shop site. When people asked about it, I was encouraged…

intensity/calm (we hope)

I think it was when I first was introduced to astrology years and years and years ago that the concept of the time you were born – or that times at all – had a particular energy, and that this…

blessings

Do you ever have days that SOOOO much happens you need time to process? Like love. And death. March 10 was that kind of day for me. It was my birthday: I was flooded with such heartfelt warmth. Moments to…

the light in between

We’ve been through some pretty challenging weather lately. In all kinds of ways and all kinds of fronts. Let’s take a pause. We never know what’s ahead. But it’s changing. And – it’s spring: there’s more daylight every day. Let’s…