I’m having problems with my blog software, so there may be some absences or technical difficulties until next week, while I take this week to solve them. You’ll have to endure, as will I. In the meantime, I like this poem by Naomi Shihab Nye. Listen to a temporary streaming of Ray LaMontagne’s entire new […]
Creative Dreams
The Squam Art Workshops are retreats for the imagination, set on what looks like an idyllic location–Squam Lake, NH. I’ve never been, but I’m hoping to attend one day. They were started by Elizabeth MacCrellish in 2008, as “an enterprise that is dedicated to infusing art with spirit, and life with all manner of creative […]
How To Be Alone
I’ve just finished The Evolution of God by Robert Wright, and my brain feels like a stuffed green pepper. One of these days I’ll share, in a succinct and clear way, what I learned. To compare, I’ve picked up Stephen Prothero’s God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World–and Why Their […]
Idea Bank
Today, just a few things I think are grand. Don’t know when I’ll use them, but use them I will. Brenna’s Paper Capiz Shell Chandelier on Design*Sponge. See the above picture? How exquisite is that? Liliana and I will have to make this at some point. Maybe for her bedroom. Maybe for the deck. What […]
Just Between Us
Whenever I go to Uptown (a small, quaint section of Minneapolis), I go into Paper Source. I stock up on cards and browse their very creative shelves. This past weekend, I picked up Just Between Us: A No-Stress, No-Rules Journal for Girls and Their Moms , a journal meant for a mother and daughter (written […]