Quietly Mending
Here at Chez Beaugard, our puppies are slowly becoming more grown up (one faster than the other). Lady Iris sits patiently while the climate of hibernation continues… Back in December I participated in a Bereavement Quilt Workshop with San Fransisco-based Artist Sherry Lynn Wood. She posted a few of the photos she took over the ...
Winter Magic
Just a couple of days ago, it was warmish (comparatively speaking) and rainy – enough to bring my shoulders down out of my ears and for some snow to melt. I sketched the earthy colors outside my studio window (yes, warm enough to be in the studio, bundled as I was). But Ohio weather being ...
beau regard
Today I went to the gym for some exercise. It felt great to get a good solid run in and some stretching too. I spend so much time bundled up in layers of wool underwear, hats, scarves and down – it was just nice to be all warmed up for an hour. There is a ...
Cold Blue Days
Swanlight If it could say itself January Might brighten its syllables on the frost Of these first New Year days whose cold is blue. Meanwhile in this corner of its silence A weak winter sun lowers down behind The moor that rises away from the lake. Beyond reach of light, the shadowed water Succumbs to ...
The Structuring of Magic
“Creativity is really the structuring of Magic.” ~ anne kent rush Much of my extended family had the opportunity to spend some time together down on the Gulf Coast of Florida this past week. In spite of some brisk weather, at least for Florida, we spent time beach combing, playing games and drawing…. My new ...