My Little Red Barn
Everyone who listened to me, supported me, funded me, and cheered me on: I wish you could have been here to watch the building of my barn. But here’s the next best thing. Enjoy!
barn raising
Tuff Shed Is Coming!
Today is the day! After countless blog posts, bemoaning my lack of space, the support of friends near and far, and a ton of serendipity, today I am getting my barn. Note I didn’t say a barn. I said my barn. The barn I envisioned. The barn that I shared as my “dream[Read more]
Breaking Ground
You see things; and you say, “Why?” But I dream things that never were and I say, “Why not?” – George Bernard Shaw Behind every George Bernard Shaw there is someone with a tape measure and tools, who either explains “why not” or makes the “why not” possible. Last weekend,[Read more]
Sketchbook Project
My first Artist-in-Residence project for the new school year is teaching fourth and fifth graders at Camden Elementary to make their own sketchbooks. In previous years, students have used a composition notebook for this purpose, but the art teacher and I loved the idea of this lesson within a lesson (and it’s[Read more]
Put It Out There
When is the last time you shared a want or a need or a hope or a dream? This afternoon, I found myself staring at a bin full of empty Altoids tins, thinking how amazingly easy it was to acquire these. I saw a craft I wanted to try that requires[Read more]