does mother’s day have a special meaning? a question that might give some pause- naturally all the veteran mom’s out there know the answer-it’s just another day. don’t misunderstand- in my mind that’s not a bad thing and after 29 yrs of being a mom-i still am enjoying my”momhood”.
i’ll close by sharing a story from an aquaintance of [...]

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i was feeling very sorry for myself-i had one of “those shows”.  Perhaps it was the record heat, the fire a few miles away, the laker game who knows-whatever the reason there was hardly anyone there except alot of unhappy hot vendors. 
 a very low point was when a woman dropped one of my new favorite’s, a very
fragile assemblage piece and [...]

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i had such a wonderful time with my artist friend marisa on friday.  she is wonderfully talented & gifted-not only as an artist but as a person.  marisa has such great passion for her art-her work reflects her joy-whatever medium she is working in (the girl is multi talented.) 
 visit her website:  http://www.creativethursday.com/
and don’t miss her wonderful new creation’s “the [...]

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i’ve admitted it before-i’m a bad blogger. i read other people’s blogs-they are well written & lengthy -full of intresting musing’s and news. i can barely write a paragraph before i loose interest! ah well-everyone is good at something- writing is not a strong point of mine.  i just finished my third “technical”writing piece-ay yi yi-it’s torture! so- [...]

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spring is officially here in southern ca- the weather forcast for this weekend is in the 80’s, so our easter sunday brunch will be by the pool!
next weekend will be spent spring cleaning my “outside studio”.  during the winter it sort of becomes a “storage”space-but as soon as the weather co operates-i’m back outside. 
creating in the garden is a favorite [...]

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i took my youngest niece on a 5 day trip to washington dc over presidents day-what fun! she is 12 and this is only her 3rd plane trip-so it was quite and adventure for her- as we like to call it “the 4 states in 5 days trip” ( we streched the rules a bit-we [...]

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ay yi yi-feb already! it seems all i’ve been doing are taxes,  more taxes, applying to shows, organizing schedules, not to mention trying to get some work done. and in the middle of all this-i’m playing hookey over president’s day weekend- i’m taking my youngest niece to washington dc for a whirlwind 5 day quick visit.  neither of us [...]

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i love the holidays, but i always breath a sigh of relief after January 3rd, my sister’s b-day (the last of 5 family b-day’s during the holiday’s) it’s time for me to get back to the real world-the season of “more is more” tones down a bit.  seeing family, old friends, new friends, saying hello & goodbye in such [...]

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My husband and i saw Ray Bradburys’s play “Noel” last night in an lovely little theater in Pasadena.  For this production, Ray Bradbury is there in person, and is on stage for about 45 minutes to an hour, reminiscing, sharing, encouraging & of course storytelling. What a wonderful life! His passion and love for life at 87 yrs [...]

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the frantic pace,the rush to finish shopping for gifts,the crowds- this is not we should be experiencing during the holidays! i have caught myself several times in these last few weeks doing just what i vowed i would not. my mantra for this holiday season  is ”what will be will be”.  if i don’t finish off the new [...]

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