I remember a moment when my gullibility took a shock.

A Fall Equinox reflection and Seven-book FREE Giveaway Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash When I was seventeen and totally sleep-deprived on a Saturday morning, my irritating, irrational dad refused to let me snooze until noon. No doubt to pile it on, he pounded on my closed bedroom door at the ungodly hour of 10:30 am. Yet, when I reasonably groaned that I had to catch up on sleep, he didn't tiptoe away as a caring father should. Instead... he opened the door to announce, “Y

How a Van Gogh Book Connected with Strangers At the St. Louis Art Fair sharing images and talking about Van Gogh’s! Imagine the world...

How Jo van Gogh Mastered Brand Marketing Before It Existed In recognition of Jo van Gogh at this hundredth year since her passing, I’m...

Glass ceilings be damned Photo by Filip Strueven on Unsplash Unexpected crossroads spring up in life. Some happy, some tragically sad....

Giveaway sweepstakes! PLUS: Centennial celebration is coming! I’m on a countdown! August 12. . .August 19. . .August 26. . . and THEN. ....

R.I.P. Vincent Today’s post is a favorite (edited) essay originally published a year ago to commemorate the anniversary of Vincent’s...

Embracing Evolution and Building a New Future Photo by Bimo Luki on Unsplash We are remembering the future into place. For those new to...

Red Flag No. 1: Any time you’re told a situation is urgent and you must act immediately—that’s a red flag—designed to catch you off guard and pressure you into acting quickly that’s not in your best interest.

“Life is stranger than fiction.” As in, real-life events can be more unusual, bizarre, and unbelievable than anything an author could invent for a story.

How past connections created a perfect Saturday. Connecting with Vincent van Gogh fans at a book signing for Saving Vincent at...

How to help others catch up to how you've changed. Hey, look at ewe! Photo by Rod Long on Unsplash I am immersed in book events so...

A taste of what's brewing post-debut and strawberry-rhubarb pie. Caught mid-sentence at a book party at Neighborhood Reads in Washington,...

What difference can one person make? These days we’re experiencing wave after wave of upsetting news from our government’s administration.

Turbulent Times, Transformative Choices and Redefining Normal. Photo by Christian Bass on Unsplash What an experience for us to be here...

Don't Give Me a Bird! (PLUS Free Giveaway of My First Chapter) Photo by Azmaan Baluch on Unsplash Cast any stones today? Given any...

Yesterday I returned from an experimental “sibling retreat.” My sister and two brothers and I held a weekend reunion.

It’s the kind of cold—outside my window and in Washington DC— that can cause me to forget.

Hello 2025: I've got some questions for me Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art...

Wouldn’t you know, turns out the idea bounced back a memory about my own empathy experiment.

Let your values be your compass.

This is a fight against inertia.

Behind this gloominess I know that I’ve actually been fighting for a new vantage point.

I am being called to this moment.