The Art Of Rural Life: Bedlam Farm Open House, June 25-26 | Bedlam Farm Journal
I’m happy to announce I’ll be reading some of my poetry at this summer’s Bedlam Farm Open House.
THROUGH MY LENS: strange bedfellows
Antique stores and flea markets have always been magical places for me. I used to frequent them diligently most every weekend, back before I started running out of places at home to display my finds. It’s always a fine mess inside, and a kind of happy one, filled with endless delights […]
Waking Up in the Green Room: On the Comforts (and Questions) of Home
I’m traveling this week with my boyfriend to Pennsylvania, staying in the house where he grew up while his parents are away in Colorado. They had a beautiful sunroom added on to their house several years ago, where his mom’s plants bathe happily under big, bright windows. It’s a lovely […]
LAST THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: awakening
As I close down for another day, prepare to shut my eyes and fade off into sleep, this quote about waking up, instead, filled my mind. I think the gist of it is, this world is, or should be, miracle enough for us. And once we can see that truth, […]
On Painting: Traveling Without Moving
A couple weeks ago I returned to my Thursday afternoon painting class, an outlet I always realize I miss very much after my teacher, Joan, closes our sessions down for the summer and during the holiday season. I felt the same mix of relief and relaxation spark up as I started […]
THROUGH MY LENS: barn at sunrise
Where I live wide-open, empty fields abound. You can look for what seems like miles and find nothing but grassy acres awaiting crops of corn, wheat, or hay. Many times, however, there will be a dilapidated old barn sitting just on the perimeter, a crumbling memory of a farm’s former […]
THROUGH MY LENS: reception
I was thinking back this morning to the wedding I attended earlier this month. It was one of the more memorable ones I’ve been to. Not for anything wild or crazy or particularly different – although the couple definitely made it a happy one all their own. This one […]
THROUGH MY LENS: unmerciful
Last night I went to see the ‘The Revenant,’ and unlike a couple of women I heard leaving the theater behind me, it is not a movie I am in a hurry to watch again. It was bloody, violent, and unflinching, like the lives it portrayed, one definitely not for […]
THROUGH MY LENS: airport hostage
Travel has its pitfalls. I’ve stumbled into one of them, waiting hours now to board my flight to Newark. But I’m all about trying to make lemons out of lemonade, so I took the opportunity to take a creative pre-flight break.
Ready, set, go!
I am off this week on another adventure, heading to Boca Raton, FL, for a wedding. Part of me will be happy to escape the bitter taste of winter we’ve finally gotten if only for a few days. And that’s the part I’m focusing on, while the travel anxiety I battle brews, percolating […]
