adaptive reuse jewelry blog, musings & good things

Creating lots of plans and schedules and stuff-to-do-in-the-future seems a lot like doing the work twice. I'd much rather just do the work once as it comes to me.

The holidays mean many different things to people, but for me they are all about sharing time connecting with folks I love. Giving stuff has never really been my thing, so I’m always on the lookout for ways to gift experiences. I think Dr. Gabor Maté’s quote sums it up best: 

 

  Space is really not my thing. Even though I know it contains countless mysteries, it's one of the (very) few things I've never been particularly...

I'm excited to be participating in a few shows this holiday season. Spread the word and buy handmade! Saturday, November 19th A little Pop Up at ...

Dall-E, a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language is both astounding and, frankly, worrisome.

Several mornings this week the temps were cool enough to produce my favorite seasonal effect at the river--steam fog. It's the harbinger that cooler weather is on the way.

As the mornings are darker now, I’ve been sitting quietly on the rocks waiting for the sunrise and watching the river. Today I was noticing just ...

The throughline for this week was clouds. I was finishing up a little collab with a fab Texas artist* who also loves them; I was worried about my...

As I approached the river on Monday morning, I could hear my favorite Egyptian goose talking to himself as he went about his pre-dawn routine.I h...

The real voyage of discoveryconsists not in seeking new landscapesbut in having new eyes.– Marcel Proust As I was sitting down to put this note t...

It has been a busy week of unpacking, reorganizing and reorienting here in Texas. In between all that I spent a fair amount of time in the studio....

  The real voyage of discoveryconsists not in seeking new landscapes,but in having new eyes.– Marcel Proust This is the last full week I'll be in...