2025 Reading Recap: Preparing for Change
What can I say about 2025 that everyone else hasn’t already said? I’ve seen countless Instagram carousel posts on my feed of ...
My Best Books of 2024 and Leaving GoodReads
This year, my reading world was re-illuminated by Louise Erdrich. While reading The Sentence, I was transported to Minneapolis during ...
Creating PLAYFUL BEINGS Tarot Deck – a peek behind the scenes
On February 29, 2024, I launched my first Kickstarter campaign! The goal is to self-publish my very first tarot deck, PLAYFUL BEINGS. ...
Intaglio Printmaking – A Great Medium for Nature Art
Caribou in a snow storm (2024) I had a wonderful opportunity in January to take an Intaglio Printmaking course at artsPlace in Canmore, AB with artist Alison Brown. I had never heard of intaglio printmaking but I fell in love with it from the first class. This technique seemed to unlock a skill in ...
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My Favourite Books of 2023 – Learning and Pleasure
This was a strange reading year for me. I was alarmed in August to discover there was no way I wasn't going to hit my goal of 50 books. Day to day life has returned to its former "go-go-go" post pandemic speed for me and I had to decrease my goal to 35 books. Regardless of reading less books, I ...
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A Practical Pottery Jar for Cookies
This practical pottery jar design has a hidden talent - the lid is also a plate to hold cookies for tea time! I learned how to throw this jar in a pottery class at artsPlace with Cam Fisher (a brilliant potter and teacher!) He showed our class how to use a rib to push out the walls make a nice ...
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Pottery Dinner Plates Inspired by Mountains
My attempt at a second set of pottery dinner plates started with a hike in the Rocky Mountains - the famous Rockwall Hike! While Billy and I were exploring the backcountry, I would stop and take pictures of rock patterns and colours feeling that it would inspire some pottery work in the future. Fast ...
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