Just met my last work deadline, yay! The mountains are snowing and the woodstove is all toasty. Now there’s just wrapping and packing left, and one last snowshoe jaunt with Oso before we head out tomorrow…first to Santa Fe for a Christmas Eve dinner date and movie and then to St. Louey to visit family. [...]

I present you, Oso “Sticky Paws” Kostecki-Shaw (aka Oso the Wonder Dog):

(I had to photoshop the name darker since it blurred so much.) Congrats Sarah! Your book will be flying your way soon. Thanks for playing everyone and for your super nice comments. They made my whole week. I wish I could give everyone a [...]

and a message from the deep blue sea of my belly: i’m 24 weeks and growing big and strong! i got big feet and a swift kick, and i like to sink my butt in my mama’s bladder. my papa is funny. he makes funny noises. my mama sings to me a lot. she sounds [...]

Writing and illustrating my first book (and having it published) was a major dream come true for me in 2008. An amazing gift to say the least! I want to celebrate by giving away a special signed copy of My Travelin’ Eye to a lucky ONE-of-YOU during the holidays.
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We’ve been having a hard time staying indoors since Friday. It’s gorgeous weather AND our greenhouse is up (thanks to SO much help from our friends who came out and “Yoga Bill”, our supervisor)! You can see photos throughout the dome day here in my flickr garden set.
There is still tons to do: finish the [...]

Two long walks snowshoeing with my dog, yoga, a toasty fire in the woodstove, nourishing meals, a full day of painting, and a night out with my awesome husband and friends. Yup. Heaven on earth.

Our prayers were answered — we found our “dream 22-ft geodesic dome greenhouse” (click here) while we were in Pagosa Springs last weekend. It is used (2 years old) and although they were asking top $$$, they accepted our lower offer (that was still our max), and now it’s ours! (And thank goodness because a [...]

Just got back from an awesome 4-day roadtrip to Colorado hiking, playing, and chillin’ in the hot springs. Er, well, just warm springs for me, but still so nice. Feels good to have a little sun on the face and energy in the cup. The weather was perfect. Ultra beautiful landscapes, sun roof open and [...]

I wanted to say thanks for ALL the sweet comments and emails from the last post. Yesterday I felt the little one swimmin’ for the first time! What an amazing sensation. And this morning we celebrated 5-years since we said ‘I do!’ with a walk in the aspens… Have a beautiful weekend everyone.

Hi friends! I hope all is well with you. It’s been awhile since I posted. Been taking a hiatus from the ol’ computer and internet to focus on my book and art and garden. The weather is ultra perfect here, too. I love Fall.
This weekend was the big Bhandara festival at the temple. 108 Hanuman [...]