Photo Source Notes from Halfland Every Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers… anyone who set the paintbrush, pastry brush, hands and heart on…

Northern California during autumn, golden valley, harvested fields, open spaces, geese in flight. Country roads leading near and far.   Clouds adding texture between the valley and the foothills. A single tree sets the stage.   A barn in the…

My five youngest nieces and I have a standing contest to see whose hair is the longest each time I come home to visit. Last March I was in third place. But since I am the oldest my hair doesn't…

Happy Halloween! This is me when I was two. My Mother loved to make Halloween costumes. I am so glad she put an undershirt underneath my bikini top. Here I am a year later: Trick or Treat! I am dressed…

Every year my mother has a Halloween Buffet for family and friends after trick or treating. Every year my mother dresses up as a witch for Halloween. My mother has fourteen grandchildren, the oldest is twenty three and the youngest…

The World Series.  Who would have thought that I would write about the World Series, baseball or for that matter sports on my blog? My brother Mat picked me up at the San Francisco airport last Thursday, and since then…