Just Another Female Stargate 06.26.2022 Since yesterday female humans became less human. They took the rights, women before us fought and died for. How is this allowed to happen in 2022?! I am a sci-fi geek and always loved the notion of time travel. I never thought I...

Stardate 06.16.2022 You see this right, I am starting my captain log again. I tried to keep it up but got lazy. So much has happened. Our dear friend Rita lost her battle with cancer. There is not a day I don’t have her and her family on my mind. Our town had two...

Art for Peace  My heart is breaking for Ukraine and its people. I still remember the war stories my grandmothers told us and the hardship war causes. Loved one lost forever, displacement, injuries, disability, hunger, and emotional damage never to be overcome. Since...

Valentines Day Yesterday out of the blue my son filled me in on a sad fact about Valentine's day. He told me, Valentine's day has the highest suicide rates. That made me pause. My first response to him was, how dark that is. Then I thanked him for sharing this reality...

GiftThemArt -  The seasons of flower gifting have begun with Valentine's day right around the corner, followed by Easter and mothers day. Artists have created artwork with those celebration-inspired themes for ages.  Long before the internet and before printed books,...

A new to me media and art discovery is like sitting in my sandbox and someone gifted me a new toy. The current college course I am teaching is on color and design.  This course is a beginner course which in return means a very diverse student body. Only a fraction are...

Good Luck Charms What is good luck? Luck of the draw, opportunity or hard work, and persistence? January is not just the beginning of a new year, it is also the time when symbolism is in season. Ancient symbols which carry on never losing their attractions. Even those...

There is something magical about the start of a new year. Even if the parties are missing and traveling challenging, ringing in the New Year brings with it that little spark of hope.    Despite it all, we seem to be conditioned to leave the old behind and to...

Food was the first art medium I was exposed to. Back then I did not know it and would never have considered it art or a medium to create art. My parents were practical and skills told were the ones most useful to their business, which was a traditional German pub or...

Like so many, I spend the last few weeks trying to fit my holiday shopping into my schedule to avoid the mad dash to the malls. I don’t particularly enjoy shopping in big box stores. I miss the romance of shopping in Europe with the delicate smell of spiced wine and...