Progress!

I have been working on my watercolor technique for over a year now, frustrated that I can’t get the result I want for my book illustrations. But I recently discovered the answer and I’m filled with renewed vigor for creating the little people of my book. Here is a little sample… Read more →

The book?

I decided almost two years ago to resign from my full time job in order to complete a project I started more than 20 years ago–a children’s book. Since then I’ve been asked by many people, “How’s the book going?” In orderĀ  to return to my book, I needed to unearth a box into which I had packed the text,… Read more →

Change of seasons

Summer is over and I already miss it. Slowly, slowly, I let go of it with a sense of melancholy; the long, busy days, greenery, gardens, coaxing flowers and vegetables into fullness, being outside in the warm fragrant air, hot sun on my skin, the smell and sound of rain. As autumn deepens, mixed emotions swirl like falling leaves. I… Read more →

Caregiver

My mother has always cared for me. In my earliest memories she soothes my hurts and fears, sits with me on my narrow bed while she brushes the bangs from my forehead and bends to add a kiss. Throughout my life she has been my greatest champion, harshest critic, fiercest defender, wisest teacher and best example.   Even though her… Read more →