My son is on a soccer team. Now, for many of you, that may not be a big deal, but he is my oldest, and I sometimes sit back and wonder at the fact that he is even old enough to run around and pretend to absorb the concepts of an organized sport. He has [...]

I was driving in the car with my children just this afternoon, heading home from soccer camp when the car in front of us slammed on its breaks and made an abrupt turn into a gas station parking lot, causing us to jerk and swerve in its wake. My 4 year old was quick to [...]

I write often, but does that make me a writer? I paint, but does that license me as a painter? I do wrestle–sometimes on a daily basis–with the melancholy and some would say that alone might qualify me as an artist. I have to admit, it lends me to penning great reflection as I wallow [...]

Today I received my first letter of rejection; the response to a piece of art I submitted to an east coast-based magazine.
I’m new to the whole submitting-art-for-public-acceptance thing even though I’ve been journaling for years and it’s been more than a decade since graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in fine art. I have felt drawn [...]