Happy Solstice! It's the first day of Summer and the roses are finally blooming after a cold, dreary Spring. I'm off to France for a...

The week I made a wonderful discovery in my neighborhood. The Peony Place is where to go for cut flowers and Fall tubers. Located on a third...

The Surrealists developed the Exquisite Corpse Game . They divided a piece of paper into thirds or fourths and folded it up. Each person co...

We returned to Oscar Albert to sketch this week. Linda Aman shows her paintings and will offer a Pen & Ink Watercolor Workshop there ...

The Portland Art Collective held their spring retreat at Menucha last weekend. The Columbia River Gorge is one of my favorite places. Walk...

A couple of years ago, Robin Olsen taught me how to free-form crochet. It's funky, uses up a variety left over yarn, creates wonderful c...

Hiking local parks and trails is one of the joys of living in the Northwest. Last weekend, the sun shone and we explored Lacamas Lake Park....