You’re Invited: Art Sale, October 3
I’ll be showing and selling work at a group art sale on Saturday, October 3, 1–5pm, alongside three artists whose work I love: Conor Plunkett (pen and ink), Ineke Ceder (clay), and Michelle Lauterback (clay and wood). It’s a nice mix of media for one afternoon, drawings, pottery, woodwork, and …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Coming Back
It’s been more than six months since my last newsletter, after nearly a decade of showing up in your inbox every month without fail. I’ve thought about needing to write this every month but just never got it done. The honest explanation is this: I’ve been dealing with depression, and …
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The Art of Surrender: My Article in Art Quilting Studio Magazine
I have a new article out in the Autumn 2026 issue of Art Quilting Studio Magazine, called “The Art of Surrender: Cyanotypes and Collaboration with Nature.” It’s about how I found this process and why I keep coming back to it. I found cyanotypes almost by accident, looking for a …
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Creative Play Newsletter- Creating Space Where Your Creativity Can Thrive
It’s well past time for another Creative Play Newsletter, but I have been having motivational challenges lately. I’ve struggled to even sew and haven’t wanted to do much more than crawl in bed with a book. Because of that, I have been giving a lot of thought to how to …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Good News on Creativity and Aging
I come bearing good news today – creativity does not decline with age. I think that I mentioned that I am taking a psychology class on creativity. This week, we’ve been looking at research on creativity across the lifespan. Since 1835, the assumption was that creativity rose from childhood through …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Restlessness is a Feature
I started taking a psychology class on creativity and last week’s reading included the intro to “The Creative Process,” a 1952 anthology by Brewster Ghiselin. It includes letters, reflections, and insights from artists and thinkers about how creativity unfolds. One passage that struck me reference a letter from Vincent van …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Is Something Stealing Your Creativity?
Last week I had the joy of spending a few days at Kripalu for the Reclaim Your Creativity workshop. It was a deep dive into play, self-expression, and noticing where our creative energy flows—or, in my case, where it’s been leaking away. One of the most surprising moments came during …
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Creative Play Newsletter – Making Meaning at Midlife
This month, I turn 50. That number feels big—not in a “balloons and glitter” kind of way (in fact, I REALLY don’t want the balloons and glitter), but in a soul-deep, stop-and-take-inventory kind of way. I was really excited about turning 40, but 50 feels much more solidly midlife and …
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Creative Play Newsletter – What is the Muse Asking of You?
There are moments in the creativity journey when we seek inspiration—when we brainstorm, pin ideas, and wait for the spark. And then there are moments when the Muse arrives uninvited, tapping us on the shoulder with a message we never expected to carry. The idea for the Victims Quilt Project …
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Creativity as Nourishment: Feeding the Parts of You That Get Overlooked
Have you ever felt like you were running on empty—not from lack of sleep or food, but something harder to name? A kind of soul-hunger? We talk a lot about health in terms of nutrition, exercise, and rest. But there’s another kind of nourishment we often overlook: the creative kind. …
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