Author Archives: my bluebird skies

It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world.  Mary Oliver. 2025 is sorting out with some seriously huge count your blessings moments.  moments that might be overlooked as we wallow in the cold, dark dreary days seated in front of a computer not doing something weContinue reading “count your blessings”

I’m working on a new creative collaboration and coincidentally a new life plan. Always remember that Inspiration can be found in the strangest of places…. I have been collecting textiles for decades and it is finally time to put them to good use.  What was I ‘saving them for later’?  I think later is now. Continue reading “creative collaboration”

NOTE: this post was supposed to be published in september 2023 but stayed in my draft folder without me noticing. it’s too good to waste. i forgot how much i adore jackson. i adore the wooden boardwalks around the square, the ridiculous shoot-out on the town square, the neon of the million dollar cowboy barContinue reading “an old crush”

i keep thinking it’s been a long winter. yeah, green, reeeeal long. i’ve been consumed by the heaviest weight, the worst fatigue, the least hope and possibility and the lowest lows of my life. it was like the winter plague never released me. i tried to sleep through most of it, and i did aContinue reading “not in the mood”

well i’ve had some really sweet little adventures, and they were great distractions, but the january blues roll on. i’ve made miniscule little tidbits of progress on bluebird skies, and believe me, forgiving myself for that has been a task of epic proportions. here we are in july, with no end in sight. i hadContinue reading “rollin’ on”

hello everyone. if you know me, you know i am all about potential. i like to buy the worst looking house on the block, because it’s all i can afford, but also, because i can see the potential. i want to paint old, decrepit houses i pass on the side of the road. i makeContinue reading “new adventure!”

blue is my favorite color. it’s a recurring theme in my life, but it’s usually about the color or the stone. i covet all of the blues: cobalt, cerulean, turquoise, periwinkle, lapis, sapphire and especially tie-dyed indigo. blue by any other name is just as good. I collect pale stonewashed blue rocks and surround myselfContinue reading “blue january”