Doesn't this clay board engraving almost make you want to go camping? In a make-shift tent?  No? LOL  While I'm personally not a fan of camping, I do love the evening sky and sounds. Where we live, we enjoy a cacophony brought by crickets, owls, toads, frogs, cicadas,...

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MATRYOSHKA DOLLS!!!

They are also known as Russian nesting dolls or Babuska dolls.   I don't remember when I first encountered one in person, but I know I've seen many over the course of the 20+ years that I lived in Alaska. 

There is something so mysterious ab...

All kidding aside, I haven't made a New Year's resolution in decades. I find it so appalling to watch the massive, media-endorsed gluttony over the holidays, followed by all the ads for diet plans, pills and exercise equipment in January. Are we really that predictable...

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If you've lived in the Deep South for any length of time, you've most likely seen vintage barns with the phrase "See Rock City" painted on the roofs—a true Southern classic!

I remember seeing them as a child, mystified at the wonder that must be Rock City. I imagined t...

It seems as though Autumn has arrived overnight,  with chilly nights and shorter days. This may have inspired my latest engraving — "Rest". 

I don't know about you, but the last few months have been anything but restful—more stress than rest. It seems that the en...

All you ladies know what month October is: breast cancer awareness month. Pink ribbons everywhere. And, yet, for all this "awareness" we've dropped the ball on the basic facts about breast cancer. I can tell you this, because I AM A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR of over 8 yea...

It's summertime in the South and the tomatoes are bountiful!  This piece is an ode to the summer time food & music festivals and, or course, the farmers' markets! One of the things I'm grateful for is the heirloom vegetable renaissance we are experiencing right now. We...