Make It Big
I just finished another new painting. It’s huge, 48” x 48”, so it’s taken me [...]
Jul
The Best Beer in Germany
Says who? Me. Just me, no one special. Phil and I indulged ourselves yesterday in, [...]
Jul
Lessons in Unconventional Thinking
I need a vacation in LA. I realize that sounds ridiculous coming from someone who [...]
Jul
Projects. Pie. Pancakes.
When you live in the center of Europe having a house guest for a couple [...]
Jul
Weekend in the Bergs
We drove to southern Germany; so far south in Germany that you actully have to [...]
Jun
Scarves in Summer
I sold a scarf this weekend! Not in person, but online at my Etsy Shop. [...]
Jun
The Institutions of Vienna
The mention of a trip to the capital of the Eastern Empire brings to mind, [...]
Jun
The Sunday Drive
I took a field trip today with Katharina and Ludwig. We went to the romantic [...]
Jun
Treasure Fest
Each time I attend a new festival in Germany I am always under the assumption [...]
Jun
The Garden
There are many things about our German neighbors, here at USAG Ansbach, of which we [...]
Jun
The Skilled Travelers…a tale of Brussels and Bruges
There is a knowledge to traveling. As helpful as guidebooks and online research can be, [...]
May
Revolution. Death. Painting. Brussels.
I don’t know much about torture. I’ve never been tied-up, starved, beaten, flogged, had any [...]
May
How Many Chances Did You Have Today to Celebrate?
One of the most important things in life is taking time to show appreciation. Celebrate [...]
May
Spring at Florida Scarf
During spring it is possible to find 136 different kinds of weather in one 24 [...]
May
Nature. Music. Fried Dough.
Just when I thought there wasn’t much more for me to discover in my town…I [...]
May
Neon Austrian Landscape.
This is my Austria. It certainly is not a traditional illustration of the peaceful Eastern [...]
May
Why Suffer? Start Over.
“Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine [...]
May
The Wind Chime Mosaic
So tightly wound are the details of our lives. Energetic fibers are running through each [...]
Apr
Sewing Like Mom
If it weren’t enough that I look almost exactly like my mother, I also copy [...]
Apr
Winter Sports Italiano
I may have had the luxury of claiming to spend Riding Day #20 on Vermont’s [...]
Apr
Snow in Spring
Snowboarding on April Fool’s day…otherwise known (affectionately) as Gaper Day in Stowe. The resort was [...]
Apr
Mountaineer, Artist, Scientist…
In the 19th century those guys did it all. You weren’t just a miserable, demented, [...]
Mar
