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MAKE SPACE FOR YOUR ART Part 3: This Is How Friends Can Help!

    My Migration Series reminds me that we are all unique individuals, but we also need community. I love that some folks found my last post about making room (literally!) for your art helpful! I saw some comments on other platforms that cleaning and organizing a space can be overwhelming, and so can even trying to FIND a space in our homes. Hey, I can help with that, too! I was going to list all…

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MAKE ROOM FOR YOUR ART Part 2: A Friend Can Help!

It was a friend in Keene NH who helped me figure out a project that I’d carried in my heart forever! Thank you, Gary Spykman!!!! Years ago, back in NH, I had a talented, funny,  awesome friend who didn’t have a studio. They were wistful about mine, so I offered to come and take a look at THEIR home, and see what we could come up with. My jaw dropped when I got there. They had a good-sized home,…

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MAKE SPACE FOR YOUR ART Life is short, get going with it!

    My studio at 33Arts, with a sampling of my new little shrines. Here’s another blast from the past, a blog article I wrote on December 24, 2004, from my Radio Userland blog site. (It’s kind dead now, but my husband figured out a way to save my posts, and this is a good one! Making space for yourself…. I heard it again this week. Someone confided in me that they were an artist, but didn’t have…

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THERE'S NO GUARANTEED WAY TO SUCCESS So Stop Asking!

  When I’m here, in my studio, I’m so grateful I HAVE a studio! And wonderful building managers, and good people around me. And a social security check to pay my rent…. I’ve enjoyed posting answers to some questions on Quora.com. I’m always happy to share advice, insights, and encouragement. But some of them are hair-tearing. And I just can’t go there anymore. I’m now very picky about which…

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A LEAP OF FAITH: More Wisdom from Scram-lets

My entry for Restore Recreations, a fund-raiser for Habitat for Humanity, using items I’ve bought at Restore Mktplace and thrift shops, and things I’ve made. I’m the puzzle girl. I love crossword puzzles (easy ones!), KrossWord puzzles, Jumble puzzles and Scram-Lets. Er…as long as they’re not TOO hard to figure out…. Horoscopes? Not something I see as “science”, but sometimes the wisdom in the…

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PEARL EARRINGS and the Gift of Kindness

  My messy desktop. I LOVE IT!!!!         I love making pearl earrings! I have a sh**load….er…a ton of pearls. I can’t stop buying them! I have them in almost every size, shape, and color. But they’ve never sold very quickly. Didn’t stop me from making them, though, because it’s a very soothing, restorative activity for me. When I worked as a volunteer at a local non-profit hospice facility in…

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TODAY'S SCRAM-LET WISDOM: Finding My Way Through the Setbacks

My Migration series took decades in my head, but came to fruition quickly through trial-and-error! So did my small shrine series…. Yup, I love word puzzles! Especially crosswords, Kriss Kross, Zig Zag Word Search, and…anagrams! Jumble and Scram-lets. (Not so much the extremely difficult ones, though…. Not enough brain space anymore.) I love Scram-lets because they often carry, not just humor,…

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THIS MIGHT HELP YOU GET THROUGH

  Even in prehistoric times, people were fearful and afraid. And they found a way through. A little hope in the dark…. These are scary times. No….TERRIFYING times. And it could get worse. And my first thoughts, every day, are this: Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl” I chose this link to a book review because of this sentence: Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her…

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EVERYTHING'S GETTING (A LITTLE) BETTER! Sleep Stuff For You

2024 was my least favorite year ever. Sooooooo many (not fatal) health issues…. But things are getting better, and I’m so grateful for that! Today I’m gonna focus on my CPAP machine. When I first shared having issues sleeping, I made an appointment with a nurse practioner in the sleep department. (She is amazing! If you have access to Sutter health in Santa Rosa, and need help with this, reach…

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LESSONS FROM THE GYM: More Wisdom I Overheard Today!

  On a bit of a (slow) roll this month! Yay! Years ago, I was a client at a physical therapy agency that also offered an affordable independent gym membership. I took full advantage of that! While I was getting treatment and working out, I overheard sooooo many interesting conversations. And they all had a wonderful life lesson inside. (You can see these “Lessons from the Gym” articles here.)…

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THIS WEEK'S LITTLE MIRACLES

Thank you, universe! I promise I won’t bore you with massive details again about my current health issues, but I do want to share some beautiful moments! My daughter encouraged me to get tested for sleep apnea, though I haven’t shown conclusive signs of having it. So I finally booked an appointment with a sleep consultant, and got in within a week! Woohoo! The nurse practioner was amazing!…

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PLEASE. WE'RE ADULTS. We Know How to Read!

I don’t know how to present this post today without offending some people, but I have to. I attended a committee meeting awhile ago, where we were welcoming new people, meeting up with them, and sharing insights and suggestions for their best outcome. We were given a print-out of all the suggestions needed for our event. We were supposed to have to time go through the suggestions, then meet up…

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Why I Haven't Blogged in Awhile....(and why I'm sharing it with you today!)

It’s been a difficult year… I’ve had multiple health issues going on, none of them fatal. (Yet!). But still debiliating. Insomnia (waking up every 1-2 hours, and sometimes not being able to go back to sleep. An injury from a fall awhile back that results in dull pain that can go on for days. Headaches, which haven’t occurred since my last pregnancy in….1988! Muscle pain (which was finally…

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ART AT THE SOURCE This Weekend (and Next Weekend!)

It’s here! Open Studio Tour in Sonoma County!                         Almost here! Art at the Source open studio tour starts this Saturday and Sunday, the first two weekends in June. Here’s all the info you need, including images and locations of all the artists on our tour: Art at the Source 2024 I’m studio #79, and Martin Bauman (#78) is also in my building: 33Arts at 3840 Finley AVE (aka “The…

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ART GARAGE SALE! Saturday May 11 @3840 Finley AVE 11am-4pm

No, Godzilla will not be at our event, but he sure wishes he could be! ART GARAGE SALE!! Saturday May 11, 11-4 at 3840 Finley AVE (NOT the community center) aka “The Barracks” (where my studio is!) in Santa Rosa! We welcome any other artists who’d like to join us, too. You can set up in the parking lot between our two buildings. Contact our building manager Julian Billotte for info:…

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SAVE THE DATE! International Sculpture Day(s) Ahead!

See my new migration series at International Sculpture Day(s) event in Healdsburg!I’ve been invited to participate in this event at stone sculptor T Barney Gallery and Sculpture Garden the last weekend in April! April 27 & 28, Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 4pm at 4370 Pine Flat RD in Healdsburg, CA. Eleven sculptors working in different media, to celebrate International Sculpture Day(s). The drive…

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WE ALL NEED A PLACE WE CALL HOME

If you’re not a supporter of homeless people, please just skip this. I read another post on NextDoor today that broke my heart. A homeless guy’s stuff was cleared out of a land parcel with nothing on it, was give a time limit to recover his stuff (where would he put it??) and by the time he went to reclaim it, it was ALL destroyed. (He has brain trauma and struggles.) The post was compassionate.…