Dear Friends, Spring is in the air. I’ve heard the first cardinals warbling to each other outside. There are small flocks of chickadees and gold finches flitting by and chattering in the trees around our yard. I see the trees waking up. If they could yawn, they would. I’ve been silent throughout this winter, with my last newsletter sent in October. I’ve felt Winter’s call to slow down, and so I have. I used to dread the winter—I saw only its cold, its rigidity, and none of it

🎃🎃🎃 When I was asked to illustrate Mouse Tales several years ago, I didn’t expect the witch in Hansel and Gretel to challenge me so much. It’s hard to illustrate a witch without falling into old stereotypes. In the illustrations that follow, I explain my thoughts behind the drawings -see for yourself if you think I succeeded! 😱 Dear Friends, Walking through the Halloween aisle recently, this really hit home. Surrounded by life-sized witch figures, I suddenly realized what

Dear Friends, I have several new projects on the go and will take my practitioner’s exam in Eden Energy Medicine in under two weeks. I will share more on my projects (and the results of my exam!) later, but in this newsletter I want to address the struggles with mental health I see happening in the world. I’ve made no secret that I’ve had to work hard for my mental health, but what’s new is that so many people are struggling with it now, too . With the current, chaotic state

Dear Friends, It’s funny how things work. A few months ago, I shared a work-in-progress painting of Darwin, my donkey friend who died two...