So much has transpired over the last year that I don't even know how to begin to explain my absence from this blog.  Losses to mourn,...

Today kicks off the 7th annual Blog Hop for the Artful Gathering Online Art Retreat.  This hop not only introduces the line up of instr...

(Studio 2017...while its clean, which is not often but I have to tape a class intro in there and I thought it needed it.  Lots of ready...

(Photography by Tracy Hoggard) "You were made by God's masterful hands - wisely designed, uniquely formed, caringly crafte...

(Photography by Tracy Hoggard) "You were made by God's masterful hands - wisely designed, uniquely formed, caringly crafte...

Refreshed:  to give new strength and energy to; reinvigorate; revise; update AUGUST JOURNAL ENTRY: This morning a soft rain is gen...