The Art of Listening
Not long ago, I’ve been diagnosed with progressing hearing loss, beyond what is normal to expect with the growing number of years in my life. One can creativly compensate for some loss, but at a certain point, it was time to get a quality hearing aid fitted. This amazing technical
Black Bear, again!
Where we live, the never-ending story is the amazing wildlife we’re surrounded by. Our home sits on acreage, surrounded by forest, about 6 miles out of town. It’s been interesting what we have encountered: coyotes, bobcat, deers, once a solitary cougar, opossum, garter snakes, noisy frogs, lots of birds and
Chop It Up!
In my house, we have a long-running joke: I take a perfectly fine piece of fabric, and the first thing I do is to grab my rotary cutter and chop it up. Now I have to sew it back together, -although in a new way, to make it whole again…
Opportunity
Overcoming old ways often means not only deconstruction, but to destroy what has been. This can be very disturbing, unsettling for most, as humans like consistency and routines. Even pets don’t like change, – just move a chair in your living room, and you’ll be punished by panicking eyes for
Plant Power
Plants are fascinating. they are the ultimate survivalists. They’ve endured every catastrophe this planet has thrown at them: mass extinctions, super volcanoes, splitting and drifting continents, atmospheric chaos. On a beautiful spring day, April 26, 1986, I spent time in my garden with my two toddler daughters. Then information about elevated
Living Earth, Still Breathing
Stitching is its own kind of refuge for me. The rhythm of needle and thread slow me down and get me into a sense of place. The sensory texture of fabric, soothing repetition, and the quiet concentration is what I crave. A reminder that making something with my hands is
No Party Mood
On some days, I feel the Blues and disconnected from the harsh realities these days. I often wonder, how can I carry on and enjoy life with all its little celebrations? With all the drama and trauma going on at the big stage and small communities, is still worthy of celebrating? Our
Artist’s Defeat
Coming to the last page of the calendar of 2025 meant for me, traveling to our family in Australia. At the same time I knew, this will keep me away from the sewing machine. Still, my plan was that I’ll use my precious fabrics from a screen-printing workshop for this
Ode To The Humble Tree
Take a walk in a city during a hot summer day. Imagine, if exposed to full sun, would it be a hot transition from one place to another, or would you rather feel ease and pleasure to meander under a shade canopy of street trees? The temperatures from full exposure
Green Spaces
Gardens are our human oases to relax and enjoy nature. That doesn’t mean one has to do all the work that comes along with a plot of land, no matter the size, it can be a public park! When we visit cities, at some point, we’re all ready to walk
Ancient Ingenuity
A fascination for bridges has been with me for a long time. Almost any big city in Europe, sitting along the banks of a river affords a view over a series of bridges. What a glorious stage of millennials of engineering. The symmetry, the rhythm and interplay of light and
Daring Builders
Bridges—both literal and metaphorical—are an act of connection, collaboration, and progress. I seem to have a long held admiration for the engineering and construction of bridges, as I looked through my photographs, bridges are clearly a repeating subject. Not many man-made structures are as useful and necessary as bridges. Humans