Cowgirl Goes Crazy!
Yesterday, I made the happy and fortuitous mistake of attending a saddle and tack supply auction here in Spokane. As you know if you follow this blog, my number 1 saddle is my dad's, given to me last Christmas by my big-younger brother, Jerry. I treasure that saddle,...
A Day for Doing Other Things
I had one of those just yesterday! :)Never did get around to writing--guess I needed a Mental Health Day. Still, being descended from good sturdy blue-collar stock, I had to do something constructive, so I cleared MOST of the craft stuff off the kitchen table....
Books, Books…
And more books! Gotta have 'em!What fun I had at Auntie's Book Store last night. We met in the coffee shop, a diverse group of around a dozen people, and chatted informally. I do enjoy that so much--I'd finished a chapter of a book an hour before, and I thought I was...
How I Work..and other stuff
There are patches of ground showing through the snow. Can it be that spring is stirring?I drafted a full chapter of "Taming Dylan" yesterday--I'll polish it today and go on to write Chapter Two. I am already LOVING this book. Getting CHAPTER ONE done is usually a big...
The Firefly Syndrome
Over the weekend, I discovered that I suffer from the Firefly Syndrome. Especially when it comes to art--with writing, I'm pretty disciplined and focused. With art...Well.I go from one fascinating project to another; rubber stamps here, watercolors and artist trading...
Dateline: Spokane
Today, some minor revisions to the outline I did for "Taming Dylan". Have I mentioned that I have the best editor in all universes? Since it's Friday, I plan to spend most of the day doing more of my art work. I'm really getting into these Artist Trading Cards--I like...
My heroes have always been…
Cowboys! My dad, in particular. I'm currently incorporating a picture taken of Dad and me on his horse Peanuts, circa 1951, into Art Trading Cards and collages. Perhaps it is a way of dealing with grief, but I seem to be fixated on that picture. I had it put on a...
Sneaky Stuff
This flu is sneaky stuff. It's easy to think you're over it, then find out you're not. So if you have it, or even think you're getting it, be careful. REST.Plans for today are pretty low-key. Work on an outline, and do some art--that's about it for this cowgirl.I...
Art Therapy
Nothing reduces my stress (or increases my housekeeper's stress :)) like art work. Of course I am being wildly optimistic by using the term 'art'. Is scribbling water-soluable oil crayon all over a canvas and then blending the colors art? Who knows. But it's a lot of...
Good Morning, One and All
I am feeling SO much better now. And guess what? I finished "Logan's Return" last night. A little brush up before it zips off to Super-Editor, Joan Marlow Golan, and I'm ready to start book 2--Dylan's story.You're gonna like those Creed cowboys, my friends.I'm...
Day by Day, in Every Way….
I am getting better and better.At least, that's what I'm telling myself! I could snivel instead, but since I don't want to attract the results (thoughts ARE magnetic, you know, and more so when backed by emotion), I'll stick with that old saw from Dr. Emile Coue--I...
One Foot in the Stirrup
You're NOT going to believe this.I got deathly sick the night before I was to leave for New York, and I didn't get to go. Is that a bummer, or what?I am mostly recovered, but still not up to a long blog.More tomorrow--I hope.