why it’s SO important to keep raising the cost of college …

because we wouldn’t want the bankers to end up on the streets. (or commoners to believe they have the right to rise above their stations. one of them may invent a way to fuel cars without gas, and without a need for gas, we’d have no reason to send these commoners to foreign lands to…

winter is coming…

this picture is to remind us all, when we are buried deep under our blankets, that THIS is what summer feels like. AND this is what HAPPY looks like.

hold me?

yes, as long as i walk this earth–thought her father.

yellow! orange you beautiful?

i really, really love the last image…the soft focus on the HUGE zinnia & the wee yellow weed flowers sharp as a tack.

no house is happy without a disco ball

a fantastic cure for the grumps. if i’m grumpy, tired, overwhelmed all i have to do is walk into my kitchen from 11-4 & BOOM, i am magically better. ~amy

why it is so important for children to catch frogs

Well, for one thing, time spent catching frogs, means less time on electronics. A Frog Story As he floated in the water, watching the fish swim through his eggslime, he couldn’t wait to become one. Or so he thought. Then the day he had been waiting for had finally come, he pushed though his much…

stepping inside a Church

stepping inside a church, for the first time in a long time. Being Jewish, I tend to stick to a familiar ground unless I am invited elsewhere. I was here for an incredible reason. My Rabbi called me to ask if I would take on a commission. He explained that this commission, this watercolor painting,…

words are mightier than a sword

“the pen is mightier than the sword” well, of course it is. the sword was created for one thing only, to destroy. the pen…words can both destroy or create. words can contain incredible power. words can be used to decimate, dominate, debilitate & bring you to your knees. and once you’ve hit the floor, some…