The stirring, captivating, and extraordinary music of Eva Cassidy floats through the air in my home as I write. I have listened to her...

Can it be possible that the seemingly endless scourge that has gripped our lives for more than two years is finally surrendering to...

One of my favorite works of art in The San Diego Museum of Art is a brilliantly hued turquoise green plate with an eye-catching...

I lost a close friend this holiday season. Unexpected. Unthinkable. Devastating. Another dear friend left some time ago, moving to Maine....

“Green.” My toddler, wearing pint-sized Tony Llama cowboy boots, uttered this one-word reply to “What kind of ice cream would you like?”...

A new year begins for me each May. And the Matilija Poppies bloom. My life began in May just about forever ago. While many around me mope...

The need to convey the power of art returned to me a few days ago when I returned to what had been my home away from home for twenty...

Update: The virtual tour was fabulous, made even more special by the appearance of both Anne Mudge and Marianela de la Hoz. Both artists...

You are invited to the premiere of The San Diego Museum of Art’s “Built by Women” virtual tour. Channel your inner Rosie the Riveter and...

"Sweet and Sour" Yep, that's what I wrote about. The submission instructions - unpublished fiction or nonfiction narratives based loosely...

Another writing effort put out there in the pandemic... Each year, San Diego Writers Ink publishes an anthology of curated works. A...

I have spent twenty years talking about extraordinary works of art at The San Diego Museum of Art. The last time was eight months ago on...

I devoured my book club’s recent selection, So Long, See You Tomorrow, an artistic novella which was described several years ago as “one...

I find myself going around in quarantine circles, screen to screen to screen.ad With dizzying regularity. Like a pirouetting ballerina,...

and as the creepy boys in sixth grade loved to chant, "She's not a poet, but her feet show it-they're longfellows." Was that bullying? I...

Meet MB Hanrahan, a multi-talented artist who lives and creates in Ventura, California. According to the artist, who considers herself a...

With masks front and center for us all, the one on my bedpost, my Mojiganga Mask from San Miguel de Allende, makes me so darned happy....

Drawing Salon—such an old-fashioned name for our small group of art lovers, united through our volunteer work at the art museum. Calls to...

One of my favorite works of art in The San Diego Museum of Art is a brilliantly hued turquoise green plate with an eye-catching...

Without turning a page, without reading a word, there are books on my library’s shelves that speak volumes to me. My bookshelves, full of...