Blog-o-Sphere Featuring: Nina Kidd 16 Apr 2013 | 08:50 pm

Paul Beier and Celia with F7, May 1989 “The Next Big Thing” or Blog-o-sphere Project, is a fun way for writers all over the world to connect and share information about their current writing project ...

FABULOUS ONLINE WORKSHOP 11 Apr 2013 | 10:05 pm

I'm taking an eight-week online workshop with artists, Jane Davenport and Teesha Moore. I can't say that mermaids or circuses are big images (or inspiration) in my own artwork or writing. But when I s...

Untitled 8 Apr 2013 | 02:53 am

BIRD HOME (digitally altered image of 24X24" mixed media collage) An Almost Spring Celebration . . . It's almost spring here in Minnesota. I know the birds are acting as if it is. The chipmunks just...

Untitled 3 Jan 2013 | 08:55 pm

Happy New Year 2013! How is the new year treating you? My wish for you is that it's getting off to a fabulous start! I'm just coming up out of the deep hibernation of what I hope is the last big rew...

MN WOMEN'S PRESS 27 Oct 2011 | 03:26 am

Yup, that's my artwork on the cover of the November issue of Minnesota Women's Press! How cool is that?!!! Norma Smith Olson (co-editor with Kathy Magnuson) and I had a very enjoyable phone conversat...

Tangled up in Hues 18 Jun 2010 | 12:47 pm

I wanted to see what the Zentangles® would look like using color, so I started "tangling" in an art journal where I had already created backgrounds. The journal is a recycled publisher's catalog -- on...

Tangled Up in Zen 13 Jun 2010 | 03:33 am

The claim of the author of ZENTANGLE® BASICS (Suzanne McNeill, a certified Zentangle teacher) is that Zentangle "turns drawings into artistic design while reducing stress and improving focus." Traditi...

Woman At a Crossroads 19 May 2010 | 04:58 am

Aren't we always? At a crossroads, on a journey, in the flow, at a threshold . . . and hopefully fully present in the right now. Something to aim for anyway. I think I'm "most present" when I'm doing ...

Untitled 3 May 2010 | 06:43 am

Happy Valentine's Day 13 Feb 2010 | 08:34 am

I've never gotten over my love of valentines, especially ones hand-made with paper hearts and lace. Or how about the decorated shoe boxes made in grade school and left on the corner of our desks, wait...