Studio Life

Almost every day at 4 o’clock, my internal snack clock says that it is time for an afternoon break.  I rise from the computer or drawing table and, almost like a zombie in a trance, I march out of the studio for my popcorn break.  Not just any ol’ popcorn, only this one: Movie Theatre Popcorn by Popcorn, Indiana.  This

Berkeley is known – starting with the efforts of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse – for encouraging the consumption of food that is “fresh, local, and in-season” – and there’s nothing limiting about that when you live in a place where it sometimes appears that everything is in season all the time. Above, you see the progress of the little

Recently, I had a similar experience to my chapel visit days (see previous post).  I was invited to a luncheon in the middle of a busy work day, in which the Helping Hand Home was honoring several people in our community who had made a difference in the lives of children.  After the second honoree stood up and humbly accepted

When the girls were little, they attended St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, a school that held a chapel service every day.  Every few months, each child would take a turn acolyting (carrying the candles or the cross).  The school would let the moms and dads know when their children would be acolyting, so that they could attend.  Invariably, I would have

Yesterday, when I stumbled into Starbucks and ordered my fancy coffee, out it came in the annual Christmas cup.  Yea!  That means Christmas is around the corner.  We LOVE Christmas around here! However, we won’t talk about anything Christmas here in blogville until after Thanksgiving … no clever ornament ideas, no favorite Christmas recipes, no holiday decoratiing ideas, no Christmas