"Travel" for Illustration Friday

We are all such tender beings. So much fear, hurt, excitement, love, joy, and myriad other feelings run through us on any given day. I was talking to a friend yesterday and expressing how very safe I feel with him. As I talked about the beauty of this, I began to cry. With concern, he…

My angels are busy sending me messages today. I’ts a rainy, Seattle day and we’re warm and cozy inside. I made a big bowl of popcorn and snuggled up on the couch to watch Blue’s Clues with my three year-old. On the show, they are having to wait until 2:00 for the “big surprise”. Steve…

“The center is not always the point of balance.  When you find that place where BALANCE is achieved, peace will result in all situations. There is no conflict, for everything RESTS without strain.” -from Daniel Levin’s Zen Cards which I have on the windowsill in my bathroom. That was today’s oracular quote which couldn’t have…

Goddess-in-training, Gigi, weilding her feminine power. The concept of “feminine” is an interesting one to me. What we perceive as feminine, especially in American culture, is often some kind of boxed-in, pale, sliver of femininity. Pink or feminine somehow denotes weak and helpless to some. It’s like when men insult other men by calling them…

Flowers that I got at the Farmer’s Market on Vashon and put in a vase at my B&B.  

There’s a certain kind of beauty in tragedy but it’s not something I want to behold for long.