Blog — New Voodou

Having My Head Examined

I have a headache. I say this not as a complaint, nor a plea for sympathy, but as a statement of fact.

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My Mother: A Remembrance

As I was the writing a collection of stories about my much-loved old clothes, my mother emerged as a major character. Her love language was clothing.

My Photography Anniversary

Ten years ago this week I began my first photography class, Introduction to Digital Photography at the Santa Fe Workshops.

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

While my celebrating won't include a parade, I will do my best to honor my family heritage with a good meal, a drink and likely a song or two.

Portraits of My Father as a Young Man

These last few days I have been thinking about my father as February 25 was his birthday.

Welcome the Year of the Snake

I welcome the Lunar New Year with hopes that the snake will help me shed the things I no longer need or want and grow in new ways.

Keeping a Journal

Last evening Julia Cameron was signing books at Collected Works, a local favorite bookstore. I didn't go as I have attended her workshops several times before and have been writing the "morning pages" she advocates in her book The Artist's Way for 30 years.