Heartwarming and Handpicked Gifts for Sweet, Sunny, Savory, or Spicy Friends & Family

Welcome and thank you for visiting. May something here warm your heart and brighten your holiday shopping a bit. I’ve created some fun collections for various personalities and preferences. Let’s celebrate the little quirks, stories, and memories that make friends … Continued

Liberation & Rejuvenation

Wow, what a year, huh? I hope that you are well amidst the pandemic and protests. I hope that the needs for liberation and rejuvenation are fulfilled in healthy ways far and wide and deep and true. I’ve been letting these hopes, … Continued

Open Eyes ~ Poetic Photography Announcement

I hope that my offerings and presence honor, appreciate, explore, celebrate, share, and reflect sacred beauty and blessings in a wild, wonderful world and each of us. (Click any image to enlarge and view more clearly) The image above features … Continued

Ripples, Reflections, & Inner Harbors (Poetic Paintings in Loving Memory)

Life is so full of wonder. I’m in awe at the ripple effects from memories of times long past mingling with more recent inspiration, connections, and wonder. The excerpt pictured above is from a poem called I Must Remember. It … Continued

The Present

Time in Rodanthe – Outer Banks, North Carolina.  We made it through the stormy, sandy, flooded road (Hwy 12) to a very windy evening over the Atlantic Ocean for our first Night in Rodanthe!  The next day, one seemingly simple question went into my … Continued

Life's a Wild Ride

Life’s a Wild Ride!  If there’s anything I ‘know for sure’, that is it.  The more I embrace vulnerability and open up with people, who in turn share their stories, the more I realize how wild life is for all … Continued

Wanderlust to Open Eyes

Looking through travel magazines last night, I was getting a bad case of wanderlust! Thankfully, today, the lovely weather inspired me to open my eyes to the beauty right where I currently am.  I’ve been missing the ocean, especially the … Continued