Many of you have traveled with me through the saga of chronic migrianes. About a year and a half ago I wrote about packing up all of my art-and-writing projects and putting them in the box headed for the basement. When I did that I had just begun on and idea for a ‘zine — actually for a series of ‘zines — and that is the project who’s death I mourned the most.

It’s truly a sign of my increasing health then, to introduce to you my first, flawed attempt at a ‘zine.

This tiny edition, Hiver, is a collection of essays, songs, recipies, and petite pieces of art to get you through the grey … {read more…}

There’s nothing like being snowed in to get me baking. Here’s a new reciepe for making zwieback rolls. Hopefully, my yeast will rise properly and we’ll have warm rolls for dinner. I have a habit of praying for the people who are coming to dinner while I knead the bread — sort of like working us all into one common loaf. May your baking be a prayerful habit too!

My new arty website if FINALLY up! I’m so happy I could sing and dance. There are still some empty pages, and loads of content yet to come, especially on the recommendation page. But do, Do, DO go check out for me si vous plait. It’s right here:

Magpie Girl

“It’s time to clear off the table for church….”

Well, here I am back at work and ready to finish up the collage journal I’ve been working on since last Summer. Alas, the scanner refuses to play nice with the computer and I can’t get the last two pages ready for print! Stymied from bringing even just one project to completion, I am a frozen by the possibilities of tinkering with dozens of unfinished or yet-to-be-started projects. It’s been two weeks without creating anything more solid than Christmas cookie dough. I’m not stuck exactly, just sort of stiff in the artistic joints. “So,” I say to myself, “Let’s warm up with a nice little blog.”

Let’s talk a bit about the creative process shall we? It’s a long … {read more…}

I’m such sap, but if someone dedicated this song to me I would pretty much melt….

This one would work too…

(Guess who got a Zune for Christmas? Yep. From the guy who really does make me melt. Thanks honey.)