Tulsi prefers to be either naked, or dressed in at least 10 layers. Her funny smile and excitement over everything is contagious. After a whirlwind 2 1/2 week trip to the midwest for work+holiday, we are really happy to be back in the mountains. The night we got home I was outside in below 0 [...]

December, warm, sunny and beautiful, and still no snow. I am confused what time of year it is! For the past several years, we have decorated one of our house plants for Christmas…a Northfolk Pine or our gigantic Ficus ‘tree’. There is no room in our house for a traditional Christmas tree, and it’s just [...]

It’s easy for me to daydream, or sleepdream, of being in India again. As far away as it is, and as difficult traveling there can be, I feel so ‘at home’ there. I don’t know exactly what it is that makes me feel that way, nor do I want to water it down by trying [...]

This is my today. And this is from one of my favorite poetry books, The Subject Tonight is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems by Hafiz, versions by Daniel Ladinksy. Out of the Mouths of a Thousand Birds Listen – Listen more carefully to what is around you Right now. In my world There are [...]

the temple had their biggest festival of the year. we harvested every flower in our garden for today. maybe a thousand marigolds all strung up hanging around the temple room. and bouquets of dahlias and daisies and gladiolas and more. it was so fun. the festival is called Bhandara. it’s Maharaj-ji’s Mahasamadhi (the day he [...]

you probably won’t believe me but everything about this was unplanned…and she not only looks and walks like a peacock, she talks like one, too. best impersonation i’ve ever heard!

A friend’s book was released last month. Carla Sonheim‘s DRAWING LAB: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun. It is really fun, and I think it will inspire a lot of people! And I am honored to have contributed in a teeny way with an interview and art. In celebration for Carla, I am hosting [...]

Horray for the first rains and clouds drumming and coloring on floors with big, fat chalk and a twirling little Tulsi in a red skirt and gardens growing like magic beanstalks overnight and giant marigold garlands and sweet, soft “Mama” whispers at 3 in the morning and my homemade, imperfect window curtain with crooked stitches [...]

In between playing farmers at the market on Saturdays, building our bedroom, planting a garden, painting a new commission, and driving seven hours for a beautiful visit with an Indian Saint, we found a few days to ‘just be’ in the mountains. I know I’ve said this before, but this was my favorite birthday yet. [...]