Just over the horizon

A recent photo of me and my cello by Kyle Cassidy

I'm getting ready to go back to work and this is the last weekend before life changes for me in a good

way. I've been self-employed for the past 14 years but the last 4-5 have been extremely challenging as

it has been for so many people. I will be starting a new job and I'm really looking forward to it.

A regular paycheck will relieve some of the financial pressure that I've been under and I'll be able to

continue making art and music. I feel so very fortunate that things have worked out in such a good way.

I'm not out of the woods yet but I can say that I am turning this ship around and am hoping for smoother

sailing in the near future.

That said, I'm going to try and post pics of some new trays that I've been making. This weekend!

(apologies for the crappy formatting, thanks again Blogspot!)

Life on Earth

Everyone is in such a hurry to end it or destroy it when what we have is a beautiful thing we should take care of and nurture. It isn't always easy but it beats the alternatives.

Anyway, this is a beautiful song by Antony and the Johnsons whom I've had the pleasure of performing and hanging out with. I'm a lucky gal!

The Place Where I Make Things

When we moved into our house 10 years ago I had visions of an art studio with walls or at least one wall that was painted white but it wasn't to be. The 2 car garage that is my studio and laundry room was immediately set up so I could get to work on beads for Tucson. The place never recovered, I just kept adding stuff to the room so that now it would be a major undertaking to give the place white walls. I felt inadequate for a long time, my studio would never be good enough for HGTV. I've since come to love my messy space since making any major changes to it now would only mean that I couldn't work in it for a while.