weekend in occidental= paradise
i spent friday night into saturday afternoon celebrating my dear college friend kendra getting married in a few weeks! i've long admired kendra for her passion in doing what she loves in the food and sustainable agricultural world. when she came to minnesota from...
grateful friday
i have to say that i am BLOWN away by all of you and your dreams! i believe in you!a ways back i started a thing called grateful friday... it took hold for a few and i'd like to bring it back! leave your gratefuls or a link back to yours please :)look at all the...
more squam love + a giveaway!
i want to share the beginning of my talk i gave with kelly at squam. it was a huge leap of faith for us to tell our stories in front of 100+ peers! thank you all for your kindness in listening to us (and no tomatoes were thrown!). you know when you have nightmares of...
The Beckoning of Lovely and getting back
My friend Stef who is in the middle of some amazing shifts, posted this video on her blog that made me cry happy tears this morning. This captured my experience of Squam for me. 100+ people, some who may have been friends before, others who bravely came alone. Old,...
shows + shops + squam!
hello there,i'm having a lovely visit back east! nahcotta's enormous tiny show opened friday and it was awesome to meet so many fellow artists from the show as well as have so many family friends there. some of the sweet folks i met were sarah,meg,amy ruppel,steph dos...
lucky elephants
i was wondering why i was so drawn to painting elephants, especially with their trunks up and did some reading about how they are a strong symbol for luck! You probably knew that, but I was pleasantly surprised to learn that they are also symbols...
our first anniversary!
we celebrated a year of marriage on monday. wow, that flew by!here's to many, many, many more my love.we tried to take our annual (for dating) photobooth pic, but went to FOUR bars with photobooths and they were ALL broken. so we came home after an amazing dinner at...
treasure seeking
photo by traceyi want to speak of the magic of meeting up with 12 women for a retreat on the coast of oregon last week. i went a bundle of nerves. doubting whether or not i should have said "yes". who are these people? how am i to fit in? who am i to be included with...
embracing the ride
I was reading the SF Bike Coalition newsletter and started laughing at this interview of a family of bikers. Here is an excerpt from one of the kid bicyclists named Hannah, age 8:Q: What was it like the first time you rode without training wheels and you didn't fall...
i can’t contain my excitement!
i finally listed all my goodies on the shop! i will not pretend that it didn't take me all day and night (and yesterday... gosh) to list them, but they are now available in my little suspect shoppe!look at the pretties (and cute model lily)! xxxm
