Something’s Turning Over This past Saturday morning, and again yesterday morning, I woke to snow on the ground. But just last week I’d woken to sunny 70s in Palm Springs, California and hopped into a hot tub and then a pool before breakfast. Usually I ride out our long winter-into-spring season fairly patiently but having […]
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Confusion and Art
Too Much, Too Much Oh Los Angeles. What can I say? It’s become a home away from home over the past couple of years. Even more so than my long-standing love, Chicago. And each trip sees me visiting new and interesting places, thanks to my intrepid hostess. This go around I was introduced to chilaquiles […]
Poetic Edda
The Wild Hunt This past Friday night’s art opening was a smashing success. Many thanks to: the Black Dog for hosting; to all who came out for it; to my amazing models; to our curator Pati Hibbard Chavez; and to my co-exhibitors, Josh Journey-Heinz and Dan Wieken, whose artwork was brilliant. Dan even put out […]
Guttural Visions
Extreme Metal, A Visual Interpretation It’s really happening. And soon! Below is the information for our upcoming show, with an opening reception on Friday, March 4th, 7:00pm – 11:00pm at the Black Dog Cafe in Lowertown. Experience The Darkness!!! Black Dog flexes its metal muscle this March featuring artworks inspired by Extreme Metal Music! Visual […]
Sweet and Savory
It Isn’t All Cake Last Spring a couple of my friends embarked on a grand adventure, opening a business together. Running a business isn’t easy and life is about change. One of the original owners, Sheela Namakkal, has taken a once in a lifetime position with The Bleeding Heart Bakery in Chicago. Rather than shutting […]
Flying High
Winter Fun With Strings Attached Minnesotans must find unique ways to entertain themselves over the long winters. Some are into snowmobiling, skiing, snowboarding, ice fishing. I prefer the more inexpensive yet creative options. Yesterday we braved the sub-zero windchills, bundled up in snowpants, to toddle around on Lake Harriet for the 10th Annual Kite Festival. […]
O Tannenbaum
Christmastime is Here We’ve done it! Somehow we have survived all the blizzardings (though it is, again, snowing) and are in the home stretch. Christmas is THIS WEEK. My son is thrilled. And I’m pretty pleased as well. Holiday parties have been attended, presents purchased and wrapped, and I did manage to reschedule a couple […]
Winterlude
Too Much of a Good Thing In Minnesota it is Mother Nature who is the supreme authority. Plans can be tentatively made but ultimately? They must be rubber-stamped by her. And she can be a cruel cruel mistress. Take last Saturday. I had lined up back-to-back sessions with families around the metro area, and had […]
A Beautiful Sight
Sleigh Bells Ring Last Sunday I had some lovely photo sessions at Krueger’s Christmas Tree Farm in Lake Elmo, MN. We couldn’t have asked for better weather! There was still snow on the ground but it was a balmy 42° and partly cloudy. Perfect. Well, we’ve now bypassed Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Time to […]
Battle of the Bulge
Sweet Tooth It’s hard enough at my wonderful workplace, what with all the donuts and pizza and various other waistline un-friendly treats laying around. But now we’ve entered the holiday season of excess! I will try to indulge only in moderation. And maybe opt to take photos of many sweets instead of eating them. It […]