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Monthly Archives: May 2009
A Few Minutes of Sunshine
Hello Friends, This blog post is from the "shameless plug of things that are cool" division. The prolific and big-idea children’s author Amy Krouse Rosenthol is coming to the DC area. She has two separate events on Tuesday, May 19th: Tuesday … Continue reading
The Big Decision
This morning I couldn’t sleep in. I don’t know how some people can readjust their biorhythms to weekend time. My body just does the same thing each day. Wake up time, six am. So I went for a lovely walk. … Continue reading
What does a super mom look like?
On May 1st, I posted this to do list. Final 36" x 36" drawing for college drawing class due Wednesday on "The mythology of epiphanies." Submit application packets for Falmouth and Brunswick art teacher positions. Work on VCFA personal and … Continue reading
BYOW&C
We just cannot get a break from the rain down here in Maryland. It was rainy all weekend and the beginning of the week. Yesterday we had dramatic thunderstorms and tornado warnings. All we saw were high winds in the … Continue reading
The Mythology of Epiphanies
I’m working on my final project for my drawing class. Last Tuesday we picked pieces of paper from two cups: a phrase and a word. I ended up with "The mythology of…" and "epiphanies." The funny thing is that this … Continue reading
No emails
For the last 12 months I have had a plethora of emails. Every time I sat down to the computer there would be at least 30 emails and this would be true about three times a day. Yesterday 10. Today … Continue reading


