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1" x 2", glass I think a lot about what's next; planning for the future and trying to optimize.  And sometimes the number of things I have to do each day feels like an over-commitment, filling every hour and making it hard to change course.  But the flip side of being...

.5" x 2", dichroic glass I had some complicated thoughts about pendant designs for this week, but the colors of the leaves on every block are so vibrant that I couldn’t get them out of my head and they snuck into the pendant. I love the way the dichroic glass reflects...

2"x .5", glass and found objects In some small parts of my life I have all my ducks in a  row; I arrive to meetings on time, I prepare materials in advance, I (usually) stay up to date on entries to my public health job's database. But in other areas of my life...

.75" x 1.25", found objects This summer brought a long drought,  but the rains have definitely come.  While I feel awfully down and dreary on gray, wet days, I've been trying to see the beauty in the rain itself and in the plants that grow in its wake. This...

1" x 1.25", found objects So much of my work is slow and plodding.  Step by small step projects come together, and prevention initiatives almost never show forward progress, usually just helping us avoid collective backsliding.  But sometimes I work on something for...

1" x 1.5", found objects I was on an airplane this week, and at a party. I was even at two different outdoor meetings with real people!  There's still a hesitancy   around handshakes and hugs, and we did get an email after one of the meetings to say that someone there...

1" x 1.5", glass and found objects As an alternative to crystal, the modern material to gift on a 15th anniversary is a watch, representing all the time we've spent together.  As we breezed through our anniversary in a  place where I could finally take break from...

.5" 1.5", found objects This week is my 15th wedding anniversary, and I looked up the material that's supposed to be exchanged. It turns out it's crystal, to represent "pure and sparkling love".  I appreciate that this year's sparkle is supposed to come from glass,...

.5" x 1", found objects We held a Harry Potter-themed birthday party yesterday, complete with some very yellow and gingery good luck potions.  That was all happening outside, while in the kitchen I had the makings for my favorite late-summer potion: fresh peach sauce....

1" x 2", found objects My studio is a jumble, and my calendar is a jumble, with bits and pieces of the too-many projects that I would like to finish before the school year begins all spread out over my surfaces. Some have actual deadlines, and others have drifted to...