Mud & Lotus

My Chinese brush painting class is back in session. Last class, I arrived with a mind full of trouble. That is, I was troubled about somethi...

Last week I visited an exhibition at the Japan Society, " The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin ."...

We spent some time this past December in Wisconsin, visiting my husband’s family. His sister Claire and her husband Mario (and their two-yea...

Looking for good but easy songs to play on my guitar, I came across "Gone" by Jack Johnson . I remember when, according to my sist...

I continue to contemplate the Lynda Barry writing workshop, “Writing the Unthinkable.” Lynda asked us a few times to write in the third-pe...