This journal includes painting, gardening and life notes about my almost-20 years living here in Bear River, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Roasting Tomato Sauce
It’s tomato harvest time. Here’s how I make sauce for the long winter.
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Summer Paintings in Bear River
I’m very happy to invite you to the opening of my new exhibition at Sissiboo Coffee in Bear River on Sunday, June 21, 2026.This show…
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3 Women, 3 Visions: Paintings at Big Blue Gallery
I just spent a glorious day at the Big Blue Gallery in Belliveau Cove, on St. Mary’s Bay in Nova Scotia. I hung new paintings…
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How Can Gardens Inspire Creativity?
A Book Full of Garden Dreams I’ve been immersed in a hefty coffee table book from the library called The Writer’s Garden: how gardens inspired…
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Reviving Creativity: My Journey Back to Painting
I don’t want to jinx it, but I’m thrilled with the paintings I’ve been working on these past few weeks. Thrilled—because all winter, my desire…
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The Gift of Change
It’s been about a year since I last posted, and over that time, three significant shifts have reshaped my creative life. Last fall, after ten…
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New Paintings in Bear River Artworks Gallery Year 10!
Bear River Artworks season opening on Saturday, June 1, 2024 marks the tenth year since a group of local artists opened a cooperative gallery in…
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Other worlds in a Sumac Grove
Standing outdoors in autumn at the edge of a tangled sumac grove is a reminder that some things remain constant even as the world around…
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When Cookies Baking in the Oven and Gallery-Opening-Time Coincide
Right now my kitchen is filling with the smells of coconut butter, oatmeal, walnut cookies.
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The Overdue Update
Hi. Remember me? I’m that painter in Bear River, Nova Scotia whose paintings and posts resonated with you. I didn’t mean to let 6 months…
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Gallery Opening on Saturday May 28, 2022
I wanted to let you know that Bear River Artworks Gallery which I am part, is opening for the season on Saturday, May 28. On…
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The Healing Properties of Daffodils, Turtles and Goutweed
Something fairly profound happened for me this month. I have felt quite sluggish this winter. Not actually depressed but just completely unmotivated, disinterested, lazy and…
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