be glad today

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"Nothing is worth more than this day." ~Goethe~

She Strolled Beside the Evening Sea

she cherished the oddities of creation

“Who wants to become a writer?
And why?
Because it's the answer to everything.
To ''Why am I here?''
To uselessness.
It's the streaming reason for living.
To note,
to pin down,
to build up,
to create,
to be astonished at nothing,
to cherish the oddities,
to let nothing go down the drain,
to make something,
to make a great flower out of life,
even if it's a cactus.”
~ Enid Bagnold ~

“What pursuit is more elegant than that of collecting the ignominies of our nature and transfixing them for show, each on the bright pin of a polished phrase?”
~ Logan Pearsall Smith ~

note: much to my amazement, after completing this piece with gold threads and one strand of burlap, I came across this quotation!

“Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.” ~ anon ~

YOU are your own WORK OF ART!

Please take a few minutes to click on the title to visit our Art Bound Camp sessions from previous years. After our 10th year anniversary, we skipped two years while The Journal Lady® was renovating AND writing her first children's book,"The Cat Who Lost Its meOW."
We're ready to return to our very popular summer camp! Weekly sessions are limited in size to ensure individual attention.

Art Bound Camp Summer 2009

the Cat who lost its meOW

Our newly published book is now for sale! Click title for a review and ordering options!

She painted memories of the sea

Hear Ye Hear Ye!
Our NEW Book and Website are ABOUT to become available to the world!
The books are being bound now! As soon as they are in our hands,
we will release the Website for ordering details!

Publishing Pending : Partial Proceeds to PROTECT

The excitement builds as our first children's book is about to be published. Stay tuned!

Partial proceeds from meOW will benefit the PROTECT National Association, which appears in a unique way throughout our story (click on PROTECT above to learn more about this critically important child-protection organization).

PROTECT is to be featured on Oprah Winfrey September 15, 2008.

She tried scribbling outside the box.

She tried scribbling outside the box
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If you've arrived here via my website, please take a moment and click on this image which will take you to flickr, which I consider my official blog, done through imagery, 6 word story titles and themed quotations.

Take some time to mosey around. My work is always in process.

ENJOY!