Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin It’s Spring! Flowers, trees and people are blooming despite the pandemic and covid19. No doubt, life has been a roller coaster but when is it not? We do what we can to help our loved ones, those who are helping others,…
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Home is where your heart is. Now, literally, and more than ever.Fill it with love. See the world through loving eyes, even in the midst of…That’s when it needs you the most.Keep the faith. As artists, we offer the option to clients and collectors to commission us to create a piece of artwork. It’s a…
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Laugh as much as possible, always laugh.It’s the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one’s fellow human beings. –Maya Angelou This is a Dream, Right? Wake me up! Wake me up! But wait…. Aren’t we all waking up? In the midst of this pandemic, there appears to be a lot of waking…
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You need to know pain in order to be there for someone else.Pema Chodron Oh no are we going to talk about pain?! No. Not really. Only in terms of art. We learn to express ourselves in many ways and art is one of them. Through many emotions we create… and pain just…
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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell Hiii!I hope you survived Black Friday and Cyber Monday and if you’re still looking for unique special gifts, you guessed it, I have just the thing! Some…
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I’m almost 60 years old and I still get to share my parents.
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Wow, more light and Spring will be here before we know it. What a winter it has been. Unusually cold and rainy where we live, and I loved every minute of it… and so did the animals and trees. I’ve done a lot of contemplating in the last few months. Looking deeper into what…
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Raw From The Road, June 28, 2017 Public Speaking Run from what’s comfortable. Forget Safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad. Rumi Live TV Interview with Jeanmarie Bassior on L.A. Talk…
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Raw from the Road, May 23, 2017 Now Trending The need for an empty space, a pause, is something we have all felt in our bones; it’s the rest in a piece of music that gives it resonance and shape. Pico Iyer Do you notice how…
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A couple of years ago I had the honor of being interviewed by Jean Noel Bassior on her TV web show, Talk Live in L.A. I worked with Jean Noel in 2010, when I first started writing the Beauty and Wisdom book. She was my book mentor. I didn’t know…
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Beyond delighted to write the Ladies of the Valley Column for the brand new Santa Ynez Valley Star Newspaper, which will be coming out in February! The women I will write about, as in the ladies who have been interviewed for the documentary, are representative of all women and people…
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