Fun things are coming your way in the coming weeks, and I'd like to start off by sharing the littlest room in our house: our powder bathroom. It is the tiny workhorse in our home. The footprint is 4'9"x 4'9", but it handles all our visitors and the overflow of the kids, who share a bathroom downstairs. It's situated at the end of a hallway and … Read More »
The Origin of Lost Creek Stables
I believe in the power and mystery of art. It picks you. It takes you on its own journey, if you choose to allow it. It's a surrendering, more than anything. And that's why I couldn't control the subject or the time when I finally figured out what would hang in our main room. To get to that, however, we have to go back even further. The … Read More »
2020
The last decade will go down as one of the hardest, most refining, and best years of my life. I don't feel like I need to rehash it....the details can be found in my past blog posts. There was a lot to find, unearth, patch up, and expand. I had to look at the woman in the mirror, give her permission to follow her heart, walk into the dark, and … Read More »
The Last 3 Months
Hi friends- I'm resurfacing after an intense 3 months. I didn't think it had been that long since I've blogged, but I guess it has. Time flies when you're having fun! The last of the summer was spent wrapping up our riding season for Pony Club. Our kiddos participated in their first team Tetrathlon, then went on to test (or earn) their … Read More »
Who Will You Be, Even if it Doesn’t Work Out?
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.Marcus Aurelius I've noticed life is more about letting go than becoming. Probably because I have pushed so hard all my life to become. In high school, that meant practicing … Read More »
Unearthing
The artist is not the book. Or the movie. Or the startup. The artist learns that she is not to be held accountable to her first "you," but to her second.Steven Pressfield Interior design work is ramping up around here, so this week I found it funny and hard to try and get back into the creative mindset required to make art. I've been doing a lot … Read More »
Finding Time
The secret to winning any game lies in not trying too hard.Tim Ferris This week I've been pushing my normal assumptions regarding time. I have swung from one extreme to another in different phases of my life. In college, I went through a period where I was getting about 3 hours of sleep to keep my grades high. That later came back to bite me. I … Read More »
On Losing
Losing sets you up for winning. Losing makes you think in ways victory can't. You begin asking questions instead of feeling like you have the answers. Questions open up the doors to so many possibilities.Maria Sharapova, from Tribe of Mentors Meditation, 9x12 watercolor and ink This week I dove into (or rather, was thrown into) dealing with … Read More »
The Invisible Road
There is an invisible stretch of road that lies between the idea of our dreams and the finishing mark of achieving them. This pathway is entrenched with barriers and potholes that seem to increase in depth as we women get closer and closer to claiming the prize. These barriers are universal, and we feel them deeply, but they are not identical … Read More »
Daily Painting
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. As good as last week was, this week was its opposite. In other words, it was a bit of a bust. I was able to get into the studio without much resistance, but I produced a lot of junk. Only two pieces of art will make it to my online shop- Wild Mountain Columbine Sinking What … Read More »
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