she pondered her own sense and sensibility with a haiku
the wind is howling
the sickness has taken hold
my foolish hearts aches
the wind is howling
the sickness has taken hold
my foolish hearts aches
Mixed media on plywood. The shapes were cut from a watercolor my three year-old painted.
“Blue Mood” self-portrait When I was a young girl, I looked in the mirror constantly. My dad and stepmother teased me endlessly about my fascination with my own face. My desire to gaze at myself was clearly uncomfortable to them. Once I reached adolescence, my innocent fascination was replaced by self-criticism. I picked my face…
Just watch it. It’s pure magic.
How to be a “Giver” without being taken for a ride: Make sure your cup is full so you’re giving from overflow. Find out what fills your cup if you don’t already know. Examine your own need to give like you do. Do you need to be needed? Why? Love yourself. Check in with yourself…
Faith happens when there is no rational reason to believe. I opened an old journal today and that’s what it said. I have no idea why I wrote it, as a single line on one page. I do know that just unearthing it at a time when I most needed to hear it helps to…
Some of Vashon’s wonderful yard art.