Athena came to me upon a suggestion of a friend. Sometimes that’s all it takes. A mention of a name and you feel in your gut that there is more to be had, more…
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Late last summer I decided to do some creative playing and paint for fun. Not that I don’t consider all of my art endeavors ‘fun’, but this one was particularly so. No planning, no…
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Written January 28, 2013 Maya Angelou’s poem, Phenomenal Woman, has always been powerful for me. I first heard it at a retreat 20 years ago when a friend read it aloud. I went to the bookstore…
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Written January 6, 2014 Here’s what going on with the Sauer clan at the moment. Alex got her Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate last year, sold or gave away most of…
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Written January 22, 2014 The fall of 2013 presented an interesting shift for our family. We now preside over an empty nest. We were prepared for this transition particularly since Drew has been counting…
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Written January 3, 2014 Dear Mom, I created this piece for your 91st birthday. I call it Mother Teresa Retablo since it is meant to capture the sacredness of Mother Teresa’s life’s work in much the same…
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In Mesoamerican culture, jaguars were considered spiritual warriors, protecting the health and well-being of the tribe while providing its stability and identity. Because they could see in the dark, both literally and figuratively, they…
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Written October 8, 2013 We are still basking in the afterglow of our West Central Home and Garden Tour experience. We still marvel at the relative ease with which nearly 1,500 people passed through…
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Written September 25, 2013 I want people to live authentically. I want them to hunt deep in their hearts every single day to find out who they are, why they’re here, and how they…
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Written September 17, 2013 When my great-niece Annie was just six months old, her parents asked me to create a piece of art for her. They wanted something that would hang in her bedroom…
