Of the things in my life I remember most, I don’t know, maybe it’s strange….but I remember hands. Hands say so much about a pers...

I rescued more than 10 antique dresses and Christening gowns from a dumpster last year...and I couldn't bear to leave them put away, so ...

"If man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears the sound of a different drummer. Let him step to the mu...

Thirst for Dignity - Blood Water Mission This is a cause so near to my heart...please take a moment to read what this mission team is all ...

 I am honored to be included in the Merry Month of May World Wide Collective Blogging Event sponsored by Roxanne of Illuminated Perfu...

I like the way that small town life is reflected by the window of my van over my face in the photo above...this place has become a part of ...

It has been such a busy week for me, that I haven't had a moment to post any of my thoughts. I think I am in need of time management sk...

Happy Friday Everyone! These are great for tags, gifts, cards, assemblages, and such. Hope they provide some colorful inspiration!

     This evening, I was working on a locket with my favorite “shabby” pearls and I pulled the usual plastic box out from under my equally ...

It has been years since I could listen to the oldies. That's all my father listened to during our times together. Today I decided to mak...

Thought these would be fun for assemblages, cards, giftwrap and such. Check back each Friday for more fun and free vintage and antique downl...

...she ran her hand noisily along the coolness of the chain link fence during her walk home from the shop until she arrived at her favorite ...

She wore her favorite earrings she called "Little Suns", her first summer day back in Florida. It had been 10 years since she sm...

How wonderful! my "Tiffany" earrings made it to the front page of Etsy today!

My 41st year seems to have begun with opening wide and wonderful and mysterious. I can't wait to tell you what is to come. I have allow...

I spent the summer in Japan beside you in the countryside after the blossoms had faded almost as quickly as they came. And I noticed the...

Today I saw the sky open up after the clouds rolled in, and God shed tears once more upon the Dogwood tree that stood by itself in the...

I made this locket with the thought that one could write one's intentions and place them inside...if you are at all like me, I often ne...

When May comes, and the daffodils have faded into the blush of the cottage roses that I adore almost as much as you, and the weathere...

     She thought it best to keep the key to her secret diary on her favorite necklace...the one she never took off. It was so worn in spots ...

Return to me, my love, as you have year after year and think not of the voices in your sacred garden, you know the on...

you knew you could see right through me as you held my heart to the light to see where the fern and the wild flowers grow and the cut...

Such sweet and lasting memories made last Saturday night...almost like a dream for me...I stayed up into the small hours of morning trying ...

as I cleaned out your top dresser drawer only months after you left, way in the back corner under faded floral paper (the scent long gone) w...

...and she and I, breathless and lifted and hand in hand through the snow sang at the height of our hearts "We Shall Overcome"...i...

Inside I feel like a mangled train wreck and I can't remember the last time I bathed since I found out my father is gone forever.... Di...

                                                           (me and my father, 1993) I know you tried. Maybe you just couldn't bear th...

A portrait by my talented husband, Ken .