Sunset for Photo Friday. Taken in the San Juan Islands, Washington State USA 

I went to the Art With Heart mix and mingle at the Harbor Steps Apartments tonight and had a lovely time.  This organization does SUCH great work with kids.  Their auction is coming up in November and Sabrina Ward Harrison will be speaking.  It’s a worthy cause worth investing in.  I’m an introvert with strong…

Tonight, I went to a screening of Quick Brown Fox at the Henry Art Museum.  It is a very touching film done by a brave woman, Ann Hedreen of White Noise Productions.  It is an account, in the first person, of a woman whose mother is dying of Alzheimer’s Disease.  During the Q&A, I asked…

Wishful thinking… I am masking my face at this very moment with the kind of mask that hardens on your face.   It’s suppose to “lift” it.   I’m not sure if it does but it sure does SOMETHING.  Anyway, my 8 year old was wandering aimlessly about as she has all week and I suggested that…

This Casablanca Lily has the most amazing scent. It’s right outside the window of my studio and smells especially yummy at night (like many white flowers). I’m going to have a poetry reading, wine drinking, patio party this weekend so we can all drink in the essence of these lilies and each other by the light of the…

This morning, cool salty air was blowing in from the Sound. The pungent, sea air mixed with the delicious scent of pine completely filled my senses and uplifted my Spirit. As I stood at my window breathing in the fragrance, gazing out at the water and sipping my coffee, I thought of how at one…