( Forthcoming Publication in Ink Pantry)   Thunder rumbles and lightning flashes. It sounds like a tall oak snapped in half.  Today I am...

Forthcoming Publication in Ink Pantry   Round like a gumdrop or lozenge Old and wrinkled and yellowed with time, like cracked and...

A Short Guide to Preparing an Art Portfolio for College

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Earth Angel are you here? Can you lift the veil of sadness Show me you are near Help me smile for my babes See their beauty My prayer...

Oh, to catch the sunset on Sugar Mountain and see the fog rolling in the blue valley. To be with our babies and hold them close to our...

Dana back in the day! Once upon a time, I was a high-performance athlete. I was recruited and participated year-round on a NCAA Division...

Interview with Elaine Jo, Executive Master of the Ichiyo School of Ikebana and Author of, At Home With Ikebana.

It's a crooked road We're not sure where we're going We've been here, we've been there We would like some calm and open air Our hearts...

The Master Artist paints a swath of green on the canvas. It is a bright, crisp hue like an asparagus stalk. Springtime has delivered more...

You called out in the middle of the night for me, “Mommy, Mommy!” You said to hold you in the big chair. I held you close and rocked you....

“I’m scared,” he said as he crept downstairs again clutching his stuffed raccoon. It seems like he has been saying this every night for...

Left or right, middle or not at all, it’s my right to choose Freedom and agency to make a choice I express my ideas and creativity in the...

Here we are in the land of cotton these precious days won’t be forgotten it’s hard to look away, look away, look away, southern land.  ...